Genus Tethya Lamarck, 1814
- Tethya Lamarck, J.B.P.A. de M. 1814. Suite des polypiers empâtés. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris [1936-1950] 1: 69-80 [162–168, 331–340 (1815)] [69].
Type species:
Tethya lyncurium Linnaeus, 1767 by subsequent designation, see Sollas, W.J. 1888. Report on the Tetractinellida collected by H.M.S. Challenger, during the years 1873–1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 25(63): clxvi 1-458 44 pls 1 map [cxxii]. - Donatia Nardo, G.D. 1833. Auszug aus einem neuen System der Spongiarien, wornach bereits die Aufstellung in der Universitäts-Sammlung zu Padua gemacht ist. Isis Oken, coll. 519–523. [col. 522].
Type species:
Donatia lyncurium Linnaeus, 1767 by subsequent designation, see Dendy, A. 1916. Report on the Homosclerophora and Astrotetraxonida collected by H.M.S. Sealark in the Indian Ocean. In Reports of the Percy Sladen Trust Expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905. Vol. 6. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 2nd Series Zoology 17: 225-271 pls 44-48 [260]. - Amniscos Gray, J.E. 1867. Notes on the arrangement of sponges, with the description of some new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867: 492-558 pls 27-28 [542].
Type species:
Tethya morum Schmidt, 1862 by monotypy. - Alemo Wright, E.P. 1881. On a new genus and species of sponge (Alemo seychellensis) with supposed heteromorphic zooids. Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy 28: 13-20 pl. 1 [13].
Type species:
Alemo seychellensis Wright, 1881 by monotypy. - Tethyorrhaphis Lendenfeld, R. von 1888. Descriptive Catalogue of the Sponges in the Australian Museum, Sydney. London : Taylor & Francis 260 pp. 12 pls. [52].
Type species:
Tethyorrhaphis laevis Lendenfeld, 1888 by subsequent designation, see Hallmann, E.F. 1914. A revision of the monaxonid species described as new in Lendenfeld's 'Catalogue of the sponges in the Australian Museum'. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 39(Part 1): 263–315 1 fig. pls 15–24 [284]. - Tethycordyla Laubenfels, M.W. de 1934. New sponges from the Puerto Rican deep. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 91(17): 1-28 [8].
Type species:
Tethycordyla thyris de Laubenfels, 1934 by original designation. - Taboga Laubenfels, M.W. de 1936. A comparison of the shallow water sponges near the Pacific end of the Panama Canal with those at the Caribbean end. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 83(2993): 441-466 [452].
Type species:
Taboga taboga de Laubenfels, 1936 by original designation.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Burton, M. 1959. Sponges. Scientific Reports of the John Murray Expedition 10(5): 151-281 41 figs
- Wiedenmayer, F. 1977. Shallow-water Sponges of the Western Bahamas. Basel : Birkhäuser (Experientia Suppl. 28) 287 pp. 43 pls. [170]
- Bergquist, P.R. & Kelly-Borges, M. 1991. An evaluation of the genus Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species from the southwest Pacific. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 8(1): 37-72 [41]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Arctic, amphi-Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea, S Africa, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region, Japan, New Zealand, W and E Pacific.
IMCRA
Christmas Island Province (23), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5), Southern Province (8)
Distribution References
- Burton, M. 1924. A revision of the sponge family Donatidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1924: 1033-1045 pl. 1 [1035]
- Koltun, V.M. 1966. The Tetraxonida of the northern and fareastern seas of the U.S.S.R. pp. 1-112 38 pls in, Keys to the Fauna of the U.S.S.R. Published by the Zoological Institute, Akademia Nauk SSSR Moscow : Izdatel'stvo ‘Nauka'. [in Russian] [15]
- Vosmaer, G.C.J. 1932. [1932–1935]. The sponges of the Bay of Naples. Porifera Incalcaria. In Vosmaer-Röell, C.S. & Burton, M. (eds) Vol. 1 (1932–3), issued in 5 parts. Capita Zoologica 3: 1–456 pls 1–35. Vol. 2 (1933–5), issued in 5 parts. Capita Zoologica 5: 457–857 pls 36–71 (pls 43, 55 omitted). Also published separately in 3 vols (2 vols text, 875 pp., and atlas, 69 pls). The Hague : Martinus Nijhoff 1933–35. [200]
Diagnosis
Tethyidae with a spherical, sometimes hemispherical body with a well-developed cortex, distinct from the choanosome (medulla), dense or rich in lacunae. Main skeleton formed by strongyloxea bundles radiating from the center of the sponge and bristling, generally flattened, sometimes conical, tubercles on the surface. The whole choanosome or its periphery may be filled by thinner auxiliary megascleres that accompany the distal fans of megasclere bundles in the tubercles. Main megascleres are usually strongyloxeas, interstitial (auxiliary) megascleres are often styles. Megasters and micrasters are variously distributed in the cortex and choanosome. Megasters are spherasters or oxyspherasters. Micrasters are tylasters, strongylasters or oxyasters, normally with spined rays, with polyrhabds in some species.
ID Keys
See Family Tethyidae Diagnosis.
Diagnosis References
Sarà, M. 2002. Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. pp. 245-267 in Hooper, J.N.A. & van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera: A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 1. [248]
History of changes
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 15-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 13-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |