Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Hadromerida > Family Tethyidae

Tethya Lamarck, 1815

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tethea*	Johnston, 1842	orthographic variant
*Alcyonium*	sensu Pallas, 1766	synonym
*Tethea*	Johnston, 1842	synonym

Children

Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766)
Tethya citrina Sarà & Melone, 1965
Tethya gracilis Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
Tethya hibernica Heim, Nickel, Picton & Brümmer, 2007
Tethya irregularis Sarà & Bavestrello, 1998
Tethya minuta Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001
Tethya norvegica Bowerbank, 1872
Tethya wilhelma Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001

Literature

original description	Lamarck, J.B.P. De Monet, Comte De 1815 [1814]. Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum d’Histoire naturelle, Paris 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340.
basis of record	Sarà, M. 2002. Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103
additional source	Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147.

Genbank

External Links

GenBank
Sponge Barcoding Database (Tethya sp. 200)
Sponge Barcoding Database (Tethya sp. 200)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Tethya. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132077