Species Tethya seychellensis (Wright, 1881)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Alemo seychellensis 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 data:

   Holotype (lost), SE of Mahé, Seychelles [4°38'13"S 55°08'56"E].
  Paratype(s) BMNH unregistered 2 slides 2/46.

  Secondary source:

   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 [248]; Burton, M. 1924. A revision of the sponge family Donatidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1924: 1033-1045 pl. 1 [1039]; Hechtel, G.J. 1965. A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 20: i-iv 1-103 8 pls [66].
• Donatia viridis Baer, L. 1906. Silicispongien von Sansibar, Kapstadt und Papeete. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 72: 1-32 pls 1-5 [26].

  Type data:

   Holotype ZMB (not found), Papeete (Tahiti), South Pacific [17°32'05"S 149°34'12"W].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hechtel, G.J. 1965. A systematic study of the Demospongiae of Port Royal, Jamaica. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 20: i-iv 1-103 8 pls [65]

 

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Christmas Is., Flying Fish Cove, Thursday Is., Heron Is., also Motupore Is., Papua New Guinea, Caribbean, Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Indo-Malayan region and W and S Pacific.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Christmas Island Province (23), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–25 m.

 

General References

Burton, M. 1924. A revision of the sponge family Donatidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1924: 1033-1045 pl. 1 [1039] (misidentified as Donatia diploderma Schmidt, 1870)

Fromont, J. 2003. Porifera (Sponges) in the Dampier Archipelago: Taxonomic affinities and biogeography. Proceedings of the Twelfth International Marine Biological Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Dampier, Western Australia. 405-417 pp. [408] (Listed in this article)

Sarà, M. & Sarà, A. 2004. A revision of Australian and New Zealand Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae) with a preliminary analysis of species-groupings. Invertebrate Systematics 18: 117-156 [117]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		13-Apr-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)