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Tethya Aurantium
''Tethya aurantium'', also known as the golf ball sponge or orange puffball sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Tethyidae. It is spherical in shape, with a warty surface, and grows to about 10 cm in diameter. Oscula are present on the upper surface. The surface has sharp protruding spicules which can cause skin irritation if touched. It is found in the Mediterranean Sea and North Eastern Atlantic Ocean, and from southern Namibia round the southern African coast to KwaZulu-Natal KwaZulu-Natal (, also referred to as KZN and known as "the garden province") is a province of South Africa that was created in 1994 when the Zulu bantustan of KwaZulu ("Place of the Zulu" in Zulu) and Natal Province were merged. It is locate ..., usually on shallow reefs.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'' It was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1766 as ''Alcyonium ...
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Tethya
''Tethya'' is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Tethyidae. 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'' 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'' 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 ''Tethya'' is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Teth ...
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Tethyida
Tethyida is an order of sea sponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha Heteroscleromorpha is a subclass of demosponges within the phylum Porifera Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms ....van Soest, R. (2015)Tethyida.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.; Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J. L. (2016). World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2017-02-17. References External links * Heteroscleromorpha Sponge orders {{Demosponge-stub ...
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Tectitethya
''Tectitethya'' is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Tethyidae. There are five described species in this genus with the first member having been described in 1900. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Tectitethya crypta'' (de Laubenfels, 1949) * ''Tectitethya keyensis'' Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996 * ''Tectitethya macrostella'' Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996 * ''Tectitethya raphyroides'' Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996 * ''Tectitethya topsenti ''Tectitethya'' is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Tethyidae. There are five described species in this genus with the first member having been described in 1900. Species Species in this genus include: * ''Tectitethya crypta'' (de ...'' (Thiele, 1900) References Hadromerida {{demosponge-stub ...
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