''Tethya'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
sea sponges belonging to the
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
Tethyidae.
Members of this genus all have a spherical body form
[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'' ] 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
''Tethya aurantium'', also known as the golf ball sponge or orange puffball sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family (biology), family Tethyidae. It is spherical in shape, with a warty surface, and grows to about 10 cm in d ...
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(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
''Tethya'' is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family (biology), 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 ...
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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''
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
Hadromerida
Taxa named by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Taxa described in 1815
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