WoRMS name details
Tethya multistella var. megastella Lendenfeld, 1888
195800 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:195800)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Variety
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 46 [details]
page(s): 46 [details]
Type locality contained in Manning-Hawkesbury
type locality contained in Manning-Hawkesbury [details]
Nomenclature One of the varieties microstella or megastella is the typical variety and needs to be named multistella. Since both are...
Nomenclature One of the varieties microstella or megastella is the typical variety and needs to be named multistella. Since both are now considered junior synonyms of Tethya multistella this has become moot. [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. Tethya multistella var. megastella Lendenfeld, 1888. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=195800 on 2025-07-04
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Nomenclature
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Lendenfeld, R. von. (1888). Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sidney. (Taylor & Francis: London). i-xiv, 1-260, pls 1-12.
page(s): 46 [details]
basis of record Sarà, M.; Sarà, A. (2004). A revision of Australian and New Zealand <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) with preliminary analysis of species-groupings. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 18: 117-156.
page(s): 145-148 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 46 [details]
basis of record Sarà, M.; Sarà, A. (2004). A revision of Australian and New Zealand <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) with preliminary analysis of species-groupings. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 18: 117-156.
page(s): 145-148 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature One of the varieties microstella or megastella is the typical variety and needs to be named multistella. Since both are now considered junior synonyms of Tethya multistella this has become moot. [details]
