Tethya

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]

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

See text

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

Species

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 & Wiedenmayer, 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 logani Dawson, 1857[4]
  • 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
  1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132077 accessed 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. Reitner, Joachim; Keupp, Helmut (2012-12-06). Fossil and Recent Sponges. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783642756566.


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