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Tethya antarctica Carter, 1872 
AphiaID: 194370

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Tethyidae (Family) > Tethya (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Cinachyra antarctica (Carter, 1872)
Rank Species
Parent Tethya Lamarck, 1815
Sources  original description: Carter, H.J. 1872a. On two new Sponges from the Antarctic Sea, and on a new Species of Tethya from Shetland; together with Observations on the Reproduction of Sponges commencing from Zygosis of the Sponge animal. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4) 9(54): 409-435,pls XX-XXII. [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, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Antarctic 200NM zone beyond the coastline  [details]
Note  Type locality: Antarctic [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194370
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-09-24 17:11:38Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Tethya antarctica Carter, 1872. 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=194370 on 2013-06-19
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