Tethya Lamarck, 1815 
AphiaID: 132077

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Porifera > Demospongiae > Hadromerida > Tethyidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Tethyidae Gray, 1848
Sources		original description: Lamarck, J.B.P. De Monet, Comte De 1815 [1814]. Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Paris 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details] basis of record: Sarà, M. 2002. Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147. [details]
All child taxa [hide all]		Species Tethya citrina Sarà & Melone, 1965
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		South Africa (country) [details]
Links		To GenBank To Marine Species Identification Portal To Sponge Barcoding Database (Tethya sp. 200) To Sponge Barcoding Database (Tethya sp. 200) To ITIS
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132077
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2005-12-12 19:27:27Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2008-07-19 11:24:20Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Tethya Lamarck, 1815. 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: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132077 on 2013-05-23
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