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

Tethya hibernica Heim, Nickel, Picton & Brümmer, 2007

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	Heim, I.; Nickel, M.; Picton, B.; Brümmer, F. 2007. Description and molecular phylogeny of Tethya hibernica sp. nov. (Porifera, Demospongiae) from Northern Ireland with remarks on the European species of the genus Tethya. Zootaxa 1595: 1-15.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (6 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
Sponge Barcoding Database (Tethya hibernica)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Tethya hibernica Heim, Nickel, Picton & Brümmer, 2007. 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:246616