WoRMS taxon details
Tethya casula Carter, 1871
AphiaID: 194342
AphiaID: 194342
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family) > Tethya (Genus) |
| Status |  unaccepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Accepted name | Tetilla casula (Carter, 1871) | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Typetaxon of |
Casula Gray, 1872 | ||||||||||
| Parent | Tethya Lamarck, 1815 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Carter, H.J. 1871e. Description and Illustrations of a new Species of Tethya, with Observations on the Nomenclature of the Tethyadae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 8(44): 99-105, pl. IV. [details] [full text]
basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M.; Rützler, K. 2002. Family Tetillidae Sollas, 1888. Pp. 85-98. In: Hooper JNA, Van Soest RWM (eds) Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer, Plenum, New York, pp. i-xlviii, 1-1704. [details] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | South African Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Notes |
This is the type species of Casula Gray, 1867, which is a junior synonym of Tetilla. [details] Type locality: Port Elizabeth, South Africa [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194342 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Tethya casula Carter, 1871. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=194342 on 2013-06-20 | |||||||||||
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