Tethya
{{Short description|Genus of sponges}}
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| taxon = Tethya
| authority = Lamarck, 1815
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- 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
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Tethya is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Tethyidae.{{cite WoRMS|id=132077|db=Porifera|title=Tethya Lamarck, 1815 |accessdate=15 April 2019}} Members of this genus all have a spherical body formBranch, 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}} and some are known to be able to move at speeds of between 1 and 4 mm per day.Ruppert, E.E., Fox, R.S. and Barnes, R.D. 2004. Invertebrate Zoology {{ISBN|0-03-025982-7}}
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Tethya:
- 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{{Cite web |title=IRMNG - Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010 |url=https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11832336 |access-date=2022-04-06 |website=www.irmng.org}}
- †Tethya logani Dawson, 1857{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f1_rCAAAQBAJ&q=Tethya+logani&pg=PA220|title=Fossil and Recent Sponges|last1=Reitner|first1=Joachim|last2=Keupp|first2=Helmut|date=2012-12-06|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9783642756566|language=en}}
- 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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