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

Tethya gracilis Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001

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	Sarà, M.; Sarà, A.; Nickel, M.; Brümmer, F. 2001. Three new species of Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae) from German aquaria. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde (A, Biologie) 631: 1-15.

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Taxonomy

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External Links

GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Tethya gracilis Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001. 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:170957