WoRMS taxon details

Tethya Lamarck, 1815

132077  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132077)

accepted
Genus
Alcyonium aurantium Pallas, 1766 accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (type by subsequent designation)
Alemo Wright, 1881 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Amniscos Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Donatia Nardo, 1833 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Taboga de Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tethea Johnston, 1842 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tethyorraphis Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (misspelling for Tethyorrhaphis)
Tethyorrhaphis Lendenfeld, 1888 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Tethyum Lieberkühn, 1859 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Species Tethya actinia de Laubenfels, 1950
Species Tethya acuta Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya amplexa Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya andamanensis (Dendy & Burton, 1926)
Species Tethya annona Sim-Smith, Hickman Jr & Kelly, 2021
Species Tethya asbestella Lamarck, 1815
Species Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
Species Tethya beatrizae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
Species Tethya bergquistae Hooper in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994
Species Tethya bitylastra Mácola & Menegola, 2018
Species Tethya boeroi Sarà, 1992
Species Tethya brasiliana Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
Species Tethya bullae Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya burtoni Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya californiana de Laubenfels, 1932
Species Tethya citrina Sarà & Melone, 1965
Species Tethya coccinea Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya communis Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya comorensis Sarà, Corriero & Bavestrello, 1993
Species Tethya compacta Bergquist, 1961
Species Tethya cyanae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
Species Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898
Species Tethya dendyi Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya densa Sarà, 1992
Species Tethya diploderma Schmidt, 1870
Species Tethya ensis Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
Species Tethya expansa Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya fastigata Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya fissurata Lendenfeld, 1888
Species Tethya flexuosa Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya gigantea (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Tethya globostellata Lendenfeld, 1897
Species Tethya globum Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Species Tethya gracilis Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
Species Tethya gunni Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya hibernica Heim, Nickel, Picton & Brümmer, 2007
Species Tethya hooperi Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya ignis Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
Species Tethya ingalli (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Tethya irisae Sorokin, Ekins, Yang & Cárdenas, 2019
Species Tethya irregularis Sarà & Bavestrello, 1998
Species Tethya japonica Sollas, 1888
Species Tethya laevis (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Species Tethya levii Sarà, 1988
Species Tethya magna Kirkpatrick, 1903
Species Tethya maza Selenka, 1879
Species Tethya melinka Hajdu, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Carvalho, Lôbo-Hajdu & Willenz, 2013
Species Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015
Species Tethya mexicana Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
Species Tethya microstella Sarà, 1990
Species Tethya minuta Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
Species Tethya monstrosa (Burton, 1924)
Species Tethya mortoni Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya multifida (Carter, 1882)
Species Tethya multistella Lendenfeld, 1888
Species Tethya nicolae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
Species Tethya norvegica (Bowerbank, 1872)
Species Tethya novaecaledoniae Sarà, 1988
Species Tethya nux (Selenka, 1867)
Species Tethya omanensis Sarà & Bavestrello, 1995
Species Tethya ornata Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
Species Tethya orphei Sarà, 1990
Species Tethya ovum Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
Species Tethya papillosa (Thiele, 1905)
Species Tethya paroxeata Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
Species Tethya parvistella (Baer, 1906)
Species Tethya parvula Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
Species Tethya pellis Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya peracuta (Topsent, 1918)
Species Tethya popae Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya pulchra Sarà, 1992
Species Tethya pulitzeri Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya robusta (Bowerbank, 1873)
Species Tethya rubra Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
Species Tethya samaaii Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
Species Tethya sarai Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
Species Tethya seychellensis (Wright, 1881)
Species Tethya simi Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
Species Tethya socius Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
Species Tethya solangeae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
Species Tethya sollasi Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya songakensis Kim & Sim, 2005
Species Tethya sorbetus Sim-Smith, Hickman Jr & Kelly, 2021
Species Tethya stellagrandis (Dendy, 1916)
Species Tethya stellodermis Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya stolonifera Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Species Tethya strongylata Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
Species Tethya taboga (de Laubenfels, 1936)
Species Tethya tasmaniae Sarà & Sarà, 2004
Species Tethya tenuisclera Sarà & Corriero, 1994
Species Tethya topsenti Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
Species Tethya uljinensis Shim & Sim, 2008
Species Tethya vacua Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014
Species Tethya varians Sarà & Bavestrello, 1998
Species Tethya viridis (Baer, 1906)
Species Tethya wilhelma Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001

Species Tethya abyssorum Carter, 1876 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Tethya affinis Kirkpatrick, 1900 accepted as Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898 (junior synonym)
Species Tethya amamensis Thiele, 1898 accepted as Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898 (junior synonym)
Species Tethya antarctica Carter, 1872 accepted as Cinachyra antarctica (Carter, 1872) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya arabica Carter, 1869 accepted as Cinachyrella arabica (Carter, 1869) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya armata Baer, 1906 accepted as Craniella armata (Baer, 1906) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya atropurpurea Carter, 1870 accepted as Craniella atropurpurea (Carter, 1870) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya aurantia accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (misspelling of species name)
Species Tethya australiensis Carter, 1886 accepted as Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya australis Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991 accepted as Tethya bergquistae Hooper in Hooper & Wiedenmayer, 1994 (preoccupied)
Species Tethya bistellata Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Diplastrella bistellata (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya carnosus (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Suberites carnosus (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya casula Carter, 1871 accepted as Tetilla casula (Carter, 1871)
Species Tethya caudata Deszö, 1879 accepted as Halicometes stellata (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Tethya cavernosa Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Cinachyrella cavernosa (Lamarck, 1815) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya clavigera Hentschel, 1912 accepted as Cinachyrella clavigera (Hentschel, 1912) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya cliftoni Bowerbank, 1873 accepted as Tethya ingalli (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
Species Tethya coactifera Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Antarctotetilla coactifera (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya cometes Schmidt, 1879 accepted as Halicometes stellata (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Tethya coronida (Sollas, 1888) accepted as Tetilla coronida Sollas, 1888
Species Tethya corticata Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya ingalli (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
Species Tethya cranium (Müller, 1776) accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya crassispicula Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Cinachyra crassispicula (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949) accepted as Tectitethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya dactyloidea Carter, 1869 accepted as Tetilla dactyloidea (Carter, 1869) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya gemmiformis Burton & Rao in Sarà, 1994 accepted as Burtonitethya gemmiformis Sarà, 1994 (manuscript name)
Species Tethya gladius Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Tetilla gladius (Lendenfeld, 1907)
Species Tethya gravata Hyatt, 1878 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Tethya hebes Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Tetilla hebes (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya inflata Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya ingalli (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
Species Tethya infrequens Carter, 1876 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Tethya innocens Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Timea innocens (Schmidt, 1870)
Species Tethya japonica (Lampe, 1886) accepted as Tetilla japonica Lampe, 1886 (genus transfer)
Species Tethya koreana Rho & Sim, 1979 accepted as Halicometes koreana (Rho & Sim, 1979) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya lacunata Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Geodia lacunata (Lamarck, 1815) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya leptoderma (Sollas, 1886) accepted as Antarctotetilla leptoderma (Sollas, 1886)
Species Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010 accepted as Tethya californiana de Laubenfels, 1932
Species Tethya limski Müller & Zahn, 1968 accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
Species Tethya lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
Species Tethya merguiensis Carter, 1883 accepted as Paratetilla bacca (Selenka, 1867) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Tethya morum Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
Species Tethya muricata (Bowerbank, 1858) accepted as Thenea muricata (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Tethya oscari Lendenfeld, 1903 accepted as Craniella schmidtii Sollas, 1886 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Tethya ovata (Thiele, 1898) accepted as Craniella ovata Thiele, 1898
Species Tethya penicilliformis Gray in Gray, 1821 accepted as Polymastia penicillus (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Tethya philipensis Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya ingalli (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
Species Tethya pilosa (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Tethya pulvinata Lamarck, 1815 accepted as Stelletta pulvinata (Lamarck, 1815) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya repens Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Stellitethya repens (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya robusta Carter, 1887 accepted as Cinachyrella robusta (Carter, 1887) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya rubra Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 accepted as Tethya samaaii Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
Species Tethya sagitta Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Antarctotetilla sagitta (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya sansibarica Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Tetilla sansibarica (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya serica Lebwohl, 1914 accepted as Tetilla serica (Lebwohl, 1914) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya sibirica Fristedt, 1887 accepted as Tetilla sibirica (Fristedt, 1887) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya stellata (Schmidt, 1870) accepted as Halicometes stellata (Schmidt, 1870) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya stipitata Carter, 1886 accepted as Amphitethya stipitata (Carter, 1886) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya stylifera Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Antarctotetilla leptoderma (Sollas, 1886) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Tethya unca Bowerbank, 1872 accepted as Craniella cranium (Müller, 1776) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Tethya vestita Lendenfeld, 1907 accepted as Craniella vestita (Lendenfeld, 1907) (genus transfer)
Species Tethya zetlandica Carter, 1872 accepted as Craniella zetlandica (Carter, 1872) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]  OpenAccess publication 
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Carballo, J.L.; 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.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2023). World Porifera Database. Tethya Lamarck, 1815. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132077 on 2023-06-09
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original description Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Tethea Johnston, 1842) Johnston, G. (1842). A History of British Sponges and Lithophytes. <em>(W.H. Lizars: Edinburgh).</em> i-xii, 1-264, pls I-XXV., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35290582 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Donatia Nardo, 1833) Nardo, G.D. (1833). Auszug aus einem neuen System der Spongiarien,wonach bereits die Aufstellung in der Universitäts-Sammlung zu Padua gemacht ist. Pp. 519-523. <em>In: Isis, oder Encyclopädische Zeitung Coll. (Oken: Jena).</em>  [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Taboga de Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A comparison of the shallow-water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 83 (2993): 441-466.
page(s): 452 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

original description  (of Tethyorraphis Lendenfeld, 1888) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Tethyorrhaphis Lendenfeld, 1888) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Amniscos Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 542 [details]  OpenAccess publication 

original description  (of Alemo Wright, 1881) Wright, E.P. (1881). On a new genus and species of a sponge (<i>Alemo seychellensis</i>) with supposed heteromorphic zooids. <em>Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 28: 13-20, pl. 1. (look up in IMIS[details]   

original description  (of Tethyum Lieberkühn, 1859) Lieberkühn, N. (1859). Neue Beiträge zur Anatomie der Spongien. <em>Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie.</em> 30(3): 353-382, 515-529, pls IX-XI. [details]  OpenAccess publication 

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): 248 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

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): 248 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Fleming, J. (1828). A history of British animals, exhibiting the descriptive characters and systematical arrangement of the genera and species of quadrupeds, birds, reptiles, fishes, Mollusca, and Radiata of the United Kingdom; including the indigenous, extirpated, and extinct kinds, together with periodical and occasional visitants. <em>Edinburgh, Bell & Bradfute / London, James Duncan.</em> Pp. i-xxii, 1-565. corrigenda., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/18569
page(s): 521 [details]   

additional source Sarà, M; Gaino, E. (1987). Interspecific variation in arrangement and morphology of micrasters of <i>Tethya</i> species (Porifera, Demospongiae). <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 107: 313-317. [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Sarà, M. (1997). Species diversity and ecology of the genus <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera Demospongiae) in coral reefs. <em>Proceedings 8th International Coral Reef Symposium.</em> 2: 1383-1386.
page(s): 1383, Table 1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS[details]  OpenAccess publication 

additional source Burton, M. (1956). The sponges of West Africa. <em>Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen).</em> 4: 111-147.
page(s): 120 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
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Publication date There is disagreement over the year in which Lamarck's publication appeared. Some references are 1814, others say 1815. We take here the conservative approach and settle for 1815. [details]
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Tethya aurantium
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