Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Hadromerida > Family Tethyidae > Genus Tethya

Tethya citrina Sarà & Melone, 1965

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tethya*	Lamarck, 1815	accepted genus name
*Tethea*	Johnston, 1842	orthographic variant
*Alcyonium*	sensu Pallas, 1766	synonym
*Tethea*	Johnston, 1842	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: citroen spons

German: Zitrone Schwam

Italian: spugna limone

Spanish, Castillian: Esponja limón

Literature

original description	Sarà, M.; Melone, N. 1965. Una nuova specie del genere Tethya,Tethya citrina sp. n. dal Mediterraneo (Porifera Demospongiae). Attidella Società Peloritana di Scienze Fisiche, Matematiche e Naturali11(Supplement): 123-138, pls I-II.
basis of record	Sarà, M. 2002. Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
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: pp. 85-103
additional source	Mustapha, K.B., Zarrouk, S., Souissi, A., ; El Abed, A. 2003. Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. Bull. Inst. Natn. Scien. Tech. Mer de Salammbô. Vol. 30

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (7 nucleotides; 4 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Tethya citrina. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134312