MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Tethyidae Gray, 1848

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Tethyidae Gray, 1848

AphiaID

131677 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131677)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Tethyida

Synonymised names

Donatiidae Burton, 1924 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

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Genus Anthotethya Sarà & Sarà, 2002
Genus Burtonitethya Sarà, 1994
Genus Columnitis Schmidt, 1870
Genus Halicometes Topsent, 1898
Genus Laxotethya Sarà & Sarà, 2002
Genus Nucleotethya Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996
Genus Oxytethya Sarà & Sarà, 2002
Genus Stellitethya Sarà, 1994
Genus Tectitethya Sarà, 1994
Genus Tethya Lamarck, 1815
Genus Tethyastra Sarà, 2002
Genus Tethycometes Sarà, 1994
Genus Tethytimea de Laubenfels, 1936
Genus Xenospongia Gray, 1858
Genus Alemo Wright, 1881 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym)
Genus Amniscos Gray, 1867 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym)
Genus Cryptotheca accepted as Tectitethya Sarà, 1994 (misspelling of genus name of Cryptotethya crypta)
Genus Donatia Nardo, 1833 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym)
Genus Lyncuria Nardo, 1834 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym)
Genus Taboga de Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym)
Genus Tethea Johnston, 1842 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (misspelling)
Genus Tethycordyla de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Halicometes Topsent, 1898 (junior synonym)
Genus Tethyorraphis Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (misspelling for Tethyorrhaphis)
Genus Tethyorrhaphis Lendenfeld, 1888 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (junior synonym)
Genus Tethyum Lieberkühn, 1859 accepted as Tethya Lamarck, 1815 (misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Gray, J.E. (1848). List of the specimens of British sponges in the collection of the British Museum. London, Trustees. i-viii, 1-24.
page(s): 1; note: As Tethyadae [details]

Descriptive notes

Description Spherical sponges with spheraster and star-shaped microscleres <282>.

Description Spherical sponges with spheraster and star-shaped microscleres <282>. [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131677 on 2024-11-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2005-08-01 12:12:31Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2005-09-03 12:24:27Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2005-12-12 19:27:27Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2015-04-22 06:11:52Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Gray, J.E. (1848). List of the specimens of British sponges in the collection of the British Museum. London, Trustees. i-viii, 1-24.
page(s): 1; note: As Tethyadae [details]

original description (of Donatiidae Burton, 1924) Burton, M. (1924). A revision of the sponge family Donatiidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1924 (part 4): 1033-1045, pl. 1. [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Morrow, C.; Cárdenas, P. (2015). Proposal for a revised classification of the Demospongiae (Porifera). Frontiers in Zoology. 12: 7., available online at http://www.frontiersinzoology.com/content/12/1/7
page(s): 12 [details] Available for editors

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additional source Sarà, M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-265. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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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: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Sarà, M. (2002). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors

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