WoRMS taxon details
Trachyteleia hispida (Bowerbank, 1864)
170691 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170691)
accepted
Species
Polymastia hispida (Bowerbank, 1864) · unaccepted (misidentification of genus)
Suberitechinus hispida (Bowerbank, 1864) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Suberites hispidus (Bowerbank, 1864) · unaccepted
Tethea hispida Bowerbank, 1864 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Tethea hispida Bowerbank, 1864) Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). Description of two American sponges. <em>The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, New Series (ser. 2).</em> 1: 304–307. [details] 
Type locality contained in Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy
type locality contained in Gulf of Maine/Bay of Fundy [from synonym] [view taxon] [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Trachyteleia hispida (Bowerbank, 1864). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170691 on 2026-04-25
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tethea hispida Bowerbank, 1864) Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). Description of two American sponges. <em>The Canadian Naturalist and Geologist, New Series (ser. 2).</em> 1: 304–307. [details] 
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Tethea hispida Bowerbank, 1864)
To PESI (from synonym Polymastia hispida (Bowerbank, 1864))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Tethea hispida Bowerbank, 1864)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007550.PR)
To PESI (from synonym Polymastia hispida (Bowerbank, 1864))
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (3 records) (from synonym Tethea hispida Bowerbank, 1864)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007550.PR)