Porifera taxon details
Tectitethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)
170927 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170927)
accepted
Species
Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Cryptotheca crypta · unaccepted (misspelling of genus name)
Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1949). Sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1431: 1-25.
page(s): 20-21 [details]
page(s): 20-21 [details]
Holotype (of Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949)...
Holotype (of Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949) AMNH 473, geounit Bahamian [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Tectitethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170927 on 2025-08-24
original description
(of Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1949). Sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>American Museum Novitates.</em> 1431: 1-25.
page(s): 20-21 [details]
basis of record Sarà, M. (2002). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i> Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
page(s): 260 [details]
basis of record Sarà, M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-265. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i>(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
page(s): 260 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 69-70 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sarà, M.; Bavestrello, G. (1996). West Indies genera <i>Columnitis</i>, <i>Tectitethya</i> and <i>Nucleotethya</i> new genus with description of new species (Porifera, Tethyidae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 59(2): 370-392.
page(s): 383-385 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Alcolado, P.M.; Busutil, L. (2012). Inventaire des spongiaires néritiques du Parc National de La Guadeloupe (Inventario de las esponjas neríticas del Parque Nacional de Guadalupe). <em>Serie Oceanológica.</em> 10, 62-76.
page(s): 68 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 12 [details]
basis of record (of Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949) Sarà, M. (2002). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i> Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]
basis of record (of Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949) Sarà, M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-265. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i>(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)) Sarà, M. (2002). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i> Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]
basis of record (of Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)) Sarà, M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-265. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i>(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record (of Cryptotheca crypta) Lerner, C.B.; Schapoval, E.; Mothes, B.; Henriques, A.T.; Schwartsmann, G.; Mans, D.R.A. (1998). Anticancer screening of south Brazilian marine sponges. <em>Annals of Oncology.</em> 9 (Supplemental issue 2: 35 (Abstract). [details]
additional source (of Cryptotheca crypta) Matthée, G.; Wright, A.D.; König, G.M. (1999). HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors of natural origin. <em>Planta Medica.</em> 65: 493-506. [details]
additional source (of Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)) Alcolado, P.M. 1976. Lista de nuevos registros de Poriferos para Cuba.Serie Oceanológica. Instituto de Oceanologia. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Oceanologia (36): 1-11.
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)) Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 81 [details]
additional source (of Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 96; fig 24 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source (of Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 171-172 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 20-21 [details]
basis of record Sarà, M. (2002). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i> Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
page(s): 260 [details]
basis of record Sarà, M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-265. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i>(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
page(s): 260 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Ugalde, D.; Fernandez, J.C.C.; Gómez, P.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Simões, N. (2021). An update on the diversity of marine sponges in the southern gulf of Mexico coral reefs. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5031 (1): 001–112., available online at https://mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.5031.1.1
page(s): 69-70 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sarà, M.; Bavestrello, G. (1996). West Indies genera <i>Columnitis</i>, <i>Tectitethya</i> and <i>Nucleotethya</i> new genus with description of new species (Porifera, Tethyidae). <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 59(2): 370-392.
page(s): 383-385 [details]
additional source Rützler, K.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Piantoni, C. (2009). Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico. <i>in</i>: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A & M Press, College Station, Texas. 285–313. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Alcolado, P.M.; Busutil, L. (2012). Inventaire des spongiaires néritiques du Parc National de La Guadeloupe (Inventario de las esponjas neríticas del Parque Nacional de Guadalupe). <em>Serie Oceanológica.</em> 10, 62-76.
page(s): 68 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Pérez, T. ; Díaz, M.C.; Ruiz, C.; Cóndor-Luján, B.; Klautau, M.; Hajdu, E.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Zea, S.; Pomponi, S.A.; Thacker, R.W.; Carteron, S.; Tollu, G.; Pouget-Cuvelier, A.; Thélamon, P.; Marechal, J.-P.; Thomas, O.P.; Ereskovsky, A.E.; Vacelet, J.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2017). How a collaborative integrated taxonomic effort has trained new spongiologists and improved knowledge of Martinique Island (French Antilles, eastern Caribbean Sea) marine biodiversity. <em>PLoS ONE.</em> 12 (3): e0173859., available online at https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0173859
page(s): 12 [details]
basis of record (of Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949) Sarà, M. (2002). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i> Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]
basis of record (of Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949) Sarà, M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-265. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i>(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)) Sarà, M. (2002). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i> Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]
basis of record (of Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)) Sarà, M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-265. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i>(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record (of Cryptotheca crypta) Lerner, C.B.; Schapoval, E.; Mothes, B.; Henriques, A.T.; Schwartsmann, G.; Mans, D.R.A. (1998). Anticancer screening of south Brazilian marine sponges. <em>Annals of Oncology.</em> 9 (Supplemental issue 2: 35 (Abstract). [details]
additional source (of Cryptotheca crypta) Matthée, G.; Wright, A.D.; König, G.M. (1999). HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors of natural origin. <em>Planta Medica.</em> 65: 493-506. [details]
additional source (of Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)) Alcolado, P.M. 1976. Lista de nuevos registros de Poriferos para Cuba.Serie Oceanológica. Instituto de Oceanologia. Academia de Ciencias de Cuba. Oceanologia (36): 1-11.
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)) Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1998). Shallow water sponges of Jamaica. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 48 (5): 71-103.
page(s): 81 [details]
additional source (of Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)) Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1986). A collection of West Indian Demospongiae (Porifera). In appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the West Indies. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 86: 65-216.
page(s): 96; fig 24 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source (of Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)) Wiedenmayer, F. (1977). Shallow-water sponges of the western Bahamas. <em>Experientia Supplementum.</em> 28: 1-287, pls 1-43.
page(s): 171-172 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949) AMNH 473, geounit Bahamian [details]
Paratype (of Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949) AMNH 500, geounit Bahamian [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (9 records) (from synonym Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 34448) (from synonym Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 087162)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949))
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To The Sponge Guide
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (9 records) (from synonym Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (Holotype USNM 34448) (from synonym Cryptotethya crypta de Laubenfels, 1949)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 087162)
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