Tethya

Genus of sponges

Tethya

Tethya aurantium
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Porifera
Class:  | Demospongiae
Order:  | Tethyida
Family:  | Tethyidae
Genus:  | Tethya
Lamarck, 1815
Species

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Synonyms

List

* Donatia Nardo, 1833
* Tethea Johnston, 1842 [lapsus]
* Tethyum Lieberkühn, 1859
* Amniscos Gray, 1867
* Alemo Wright, 1881
* Tethyorraphis Lendenfeld, 1888 [lapsus]
* Tethyorrhaphis Lendenfeld, 1888
* Taboga de Laubenfels, 1936

Tethya is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Tethyidae.[1] Members of this genus all have a spherical body form[2] and some are known to be able to move at speeds of between 1 and 4 mm per day.[3]

## Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Tethya:[1]

* Tethya actinia de Laubenfels, 1950
* Tethya acuta Sarà & Sarà, 2004
* Tethya amplexa Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
* Tethya andamanensis Dendy & Burton, 1926
* Tethya asbestella Lamarck, 1815
* Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
* Tethya beatrizae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
* Tethya bergquistae Hooper, 1994
* Tethya bitylastra Mácola & Menegola, 2018
* Tethya boeroi Sarà, 1992
* Tethya brasiliana Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
* Tethya bullae Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
* Tethya burtoni Sarà & Sarà, 2004
* Tethya californiana de Laubenfels, 1932
* Tethya citrina Sarà & Melone, 1965
* Tethya coccinea Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
* Tethya communis Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
* Tethya comorensis Sarà, Corriero & Bavestrello, 1993
* Tethya compacta Bergquist, 1961
* Tethya cyanae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
* Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898
* Tethya dendyi Sarà & Sarà, 2004
* Tethya densa Sarà, 1992
* Tethya diploderma Schmidt, 1870
* Tethya ensis Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
* Tethya expansa Sarà & Sarà, 2004
* Tethya fastigiata Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
* Tethya fissurata Lendenfeld, 1888
* Tethya flexuosa Sarà & Sarà, 2004
* Tethya gigantea (Lendenfeld, 1888)
* Tethya globostellata Lendenfeld, 1897
* Tethya globum Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
* Tethya gracilis Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
* Tethya gunni Sarà & Sarà, 2004
* Tethya hibernica Heim, Nickel, Picton & Brümmer, 2007
* Tethya hooperi Sarà & Sarà, 2004
* Tethya ignis Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004
* Tethya ingalli Bowerbank, 1858
* Tethya irisae Sorokin, Ekins, Yang & Cárdenas, 2019
* Tethya irregularis Sarà & Bavestrello, 1998
* Tethya japonica Sollas, 1888
* Tethya laevis (Lendenfeld, 1888)
* Tethya levii Sarà, 1988
* Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010[4]
* †Tethya logani Dawson, 1857[5]
* Tethya magna Kirkpatrick, 1903
* Tethya maza Selenka, 1879
* Tethya melinka Hajdu, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Carvalho, Lôbo-Hajdu & Willenz, 2013
* Tethya meloni Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015
* Tethya mexicana Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
* Tethya microstella Sarà, 1990
* Tethya minuta Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
* Tethya monstrosa (Burton, 1924)
* Tethya mortoni Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
* Tethya multifida (Carter, 1882)
* Tethya multistella Lendenfeld, 1888
* Tethya nicolae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
* Tethya norvegica Bowerbank, 1872
* Tethya novaecaledoniae Sarà, 1988
* Tethya nux (Selenka, 1867)
* Tethya omanensis Sarà & Bavestrello, 1995
* Tethya ornata Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
* Tethya orphei Sarà, 1990
* Tethya ovum Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
* Tethya papillosa (Thiele, 1905)
* Tethya paroxeata Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
* Tethya parvistella (Baer, 1906)
* Tethya parvula Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
* Tethya pellis Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
* Tethya peracuata (Topsent, 1918)
* Tethya popae Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
* Tethya pulchra Sarà, 1992
* Tethya pulitzeri Sarà & Sarà, 2004
* Tethya robusta (Bowerbank, 1873)
* Tethya rubra Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
* Tethya samaaii Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
* Tethya sarai Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997
* Tethya seychellensis (Wright, 1881)
* Tethya simi Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
* Tethya socius Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001
* Tethya solangeae Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
* Tethya sollasi Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
* Tethya songakensis Kim & Sim, 2005
* Tethya stellagrandis (Dendy, 1916)
* Tethya stellodermis Sarà & Sarà, 2004
* Tethya stolonifera Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
* Tethya strongylata Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
* Tethya taboga (de Laubenfels, 1936)
* Tethya tasmaniae Sarà & Sarà, 2004
* Tethya tenuisclera Sarà & Corriero, 1994
* Tethya topsenti Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
* Tethya uljinensis Shim & Sim, 2008
* Tethya vacua Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014
* Tethya varians Sarà & Bavestrello, 1998
* Tethya viridis (Baer, 1906)
* Tethya wilhelma Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001

## References

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1. ^ a b Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Tethya Lamarck, 1815". World Porifera Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
2. ^ Branch, G.M., Branch, M.L, Griffiths, C.L. and Beckley, L.E. 2010. Two Oceans: a guide to the marine life of southern Africa ISBN 978-1-77007-772-0
3. ^ Ruppert, E.E., Fox, R.S. and Barnes, R.D. 2004. Invertebrate Zoology ISBN 0-03-025982-7
4. ^ "IRMNG - Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010". www.irmng.org. Retrieved 2022-04-06.
5. ^ Reitner, Joachim; Keupp, Helmut (2012-12-06). Fossil and Recent Sponges. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642756566.

Taxon identifiers

Tethya|

* Wikidata: Q3457303
* Wikispecies: Tethya
* ADW: Tethya
* AFD: Tethya
* BOLD: 25604
* CoL: 84V5X
* EPPO: 1TTHYG
* GBIF: 2247747
* iNaturalist: 127235
* ITIS: 48570
* NBN: NHMSYS0021057204
* NCBI: 34493
* NZOR: 26ea55b2-a4ac-4bbb-a888-59f9c17d2f86
* Open Tree of Life: 742121
* Paleobiology Database: 86620
* WoRMS: 132077

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