Tethya Comorensis

''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'' 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
* †'' Tethya logani'' Dawson, 1857
* '' 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'' 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

Hadromerida
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Taxa described in 1815

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