Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Tethyida |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Tethyidae
Genus: Tethya
Species (91): T. actinia – T. acuta – T. amplexa – T. andamanensis – T. asbestella – T. aurantium – T. beatrizae – T. bergquistae – T. boeroi – T. brasiliana – T. bullae – T. burtoni – T. californiana – T. citrina – T. coccinea – T. communis – T. comorensis – T. compacta – T. cyanae – T. deformis – T. dendyi – T. densa – T. diploderma – T. ensis – T. expansa – T. fastigata – T. fissurata – T. flexuosa – T. gigantea – T. globostellata – T. globum – T. gracilis – T. gunni – T. hibernica – T. hooperi – T. ignis – T. ingalli – T. irregularis – T. japonica – T. laevis – T. levii – T. magna – T. maza – T. melinka – T. meloni – T. mexicana – T. microstella – T. minuta – T. monstrosa – T. mortoni – T. multifida – T. multistella – T. nicolae – T. norvegica – T. novaecaledoniae – T. nux – T. omanensis – T. ornata – T. orphei – T. ovum – T. papillosa – T. paroxeata – T. parvistella – T. parvula – T. pellis – T. peracuta – T. popae – T. pulchra – T. pulitzeri – T. robusta – T. rubra – T. sarai – T. seychellensis – T. simi – T. socius – T. solangae – T. sollasi – T. songakensis – T. stellagrandis – T. stellodermis – T. stolonifera – T. strongylata – T. taboga – T. tasmaniae – T. tenuisclera – T. topsenti – T. uljinensis – T. vacua – T. varians – T. viridis – T. wilhelma
[Source: World Porifera database (WoRMS, 2017)]
Name
- Tethya Lamarck, 1814: 69 [conserved name ]
- Gender: feminine.
- Type species: Alcyonium lyncurium Linnaeus, 1767, by subsequent designation by Milne-Edwards (1849: pl. 95).
- Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology with the Name Number 2123 (Opinion 1182).
References
Primary references
- Lamarck, J.B. 1814. Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d’Histoire naturelle 1: 69–80, 162-168, 331-340. BHL
- Melville, R.V. 1981. Opinion 1182. Tethyidae in Mollusca, Porifera and Tunicata: removal of the homonymy. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 38(3): 174–177. BHL, Biostor Reference page.
Additional references
- Heim, I. & Nickel, M. 2010. Description and molecular phylogeny of Tethya leysae sp. nov. (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hadromerida) from the Canadian Northeast Pacific with remarks on the use of microtomography in sponge taxonomy. Zootaxa 2422: 1–21. Preview Full article (PDF)
- Samaai, T., Gibbons, M.J. & Muricy, G. 2017. Validation of Tethya samaaii Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011, replacement name for the sponge Tethya rubra Samaai & Gibbons, 2005 (Demospongiae, Tethyida, Tethyidae). Zootaxa 4347(3): 592–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4347.3.11 . Reference page.
Links
- Tethya in the World Porifera Database