WoRMS taxon details
Tethyidae Gray, 1848
Donatiidae Burton, 1924 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Genus Anthotethya Sarà & Sarà, 2002
- Genus Burtonitethya Sarà, 1994
- Genus Columnitis Schmidt, 1870
- Genus Halicometes Topsent, 1898
- Genus Laxotethya Sarà & Sarà, 2002
- Genus Nucleotethya Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996
- Genus Oxytethya Sarà & Sarà, 2002
- Genus Stellitethya Sarà, 1994
- Genus Tectitethya Sarà, 1994
- Genus Tethya Lamarck, 1815
- Genus Tethyastra Sarà, 2002
- Genus Tethycometes Sarà, 1994
- Genus Tethytimea de Laubenfels, 1936
- Genus Xenospongia Gray, 1858
- Genus Alemo Wright, 1881 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym)
- Genus Amniscos Gray, 1867 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym)
- Genus Cryptotheca accepted as Tectitethya Sarà, 1994 (misspelling of genus name of Cryptotethya crypta)
- Genus Donatia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym)
- Genus Lyncuria Nardo, 1834 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym)
- Genus Taboga de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym)
- Genus Tethea Johnston, 1842 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (misspelling)
- Genus Tethycordyla de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Halicometes Topsent, 1898 (junior synonym)
- Genus Tethyorraphis Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (misspelling for Tethyorrhaphis)
- Genus Tethyorrhaphis Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym)
- Genus Tethyum sensu Lieberkühn, 1859 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (misspelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1848). List of the specimens of British sponges in the collection of the British Museum. <em>London, Trustees.</em> i-viii, 1-24.
page(s): 1; note: As Tethyadae [details]
page(s): 1; note: As Tethyadae [details]
Description Spherical sponges with spheraster and star-shaped microscleres <282>.
Description Spherical sponges with spheraster and star-shaped microscleres <282>. [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. Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131677 on 2025-05-04
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
Nomenclature
original description
Gray, J.E. (1848). List of the specimens of British sponges in the collection of the British Museum. <em>London, Trustees.</em> i-viii, 1-24.
page(s): 1; note: As Tethyadae [details]
original description (of Donatiidae Burton, 1924) Burton, M. (1924). A revision of the sponge family Donatiidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1924 (part 4): 1033-1045, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Morrow, C.; Cárdenas, P. (2015). Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). <em>Frontiers in Zoology.</em> 12: 7., available online at http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/12/1/7
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 1; note: As Tethyadae [details]
original description (of Donatiidae Burton, 1924) Burton, M. (1924). A revision of the sponge family Donatiidae. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1924 (part 4): 1033-1045, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Morrow, C.; Cárdenas, P. (2015). Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). <em>Frontiers in Zoology.</em> 12: 7., available online at http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/12/1/7
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
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]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [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]
additional source 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] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[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]
additional source 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] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Spherical sponges with spheraster and star-shaped microscleres <282>. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ムカデメリベ科 | [details] |
