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

Tethya norvegica Bowerbank, 1872

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

Literature

original description	Bowerbank, J.S. 1872b. Contributions to a General History of the Spongiadae. Part I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1872: 115-129, pls V-VI.
basis of record	Sarà, M.; Bavestrello, G.; Mensi, P. 1992. Redescription of Tethya norvegica Bowerbank (Porifera, Demospongiae), with remarks on the genus Tethya in the North East Atlantic. Zoologica Scripta 21 (3): 211-216.
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

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Tethya norvegica Bowerbank, 1872. 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:134314