Tethya is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Tethyidae.[1] Members of this genus all have a spherical body form[2] and some are known to be able to move at speeds of between 1 and 4 mm per day.[3]
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in the genus Tethya: Tethya actinia de Laubenfels, 1950 Tethya acuta Sarà & Sarà, 2004 Tethya amplexa Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991 Tethya andamanensis...
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Tethya leysae is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Tethyidae, found in the Canadian north-west Pacific. It was first described by Heim and...
Tethya bergquistae is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Tethyidae. In Australia, it is found in off the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian...
Tethya samaaii, also known as the red golf ball sponge, is a species of sea sponge belonging to the family Tethyidae. It is spherical in shape and grows...
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genus Tetillidae, found throughout the world Tethya aurantium, found off the southern African coast Tethya samaaii, the red golf ball sponge, found off...
(December 2004). "Kinetics and rhythm of body contractions in the sponge Tethya wilhelma (Porifera: Demospongiae)". The Journal of Experimental Biology...
Some of the sponges they eat, such as Aaptos aaptos, Chondrilla nucula, Tethya actinia, Spheciospongia vesparium, and Suberites domuncula, are highly (often...
Vanilla, Vanilla siamensis is placed in the subgenus Xanata in the section Tethya, which contains Old World species. Vanilla pierrei, described by François...
Carter, H.J. (1871). "XII.—Description and illustrations of a new species of Tethya, with observations on the nomenclature of the Tethyadæ". Annals and Magazine...
(Spongiivirga citrea). Spongiivirga citrea has been isolated from the marine sponge Tethya sp.. "Genus: Spongiivirga". LPSN.DSMZ.de. "Spongiivirga". www.uniprot.org...
subdivided into two further sections Xanata and Tethya. V. polylepis was placed in the section Tethya along with other African species, such as V. imperialis...
viruses. In the 1950s two nucleosides were isolated from the Caribbean sponge Tethya crypta: spongothymidine and spongouridine; which contained D-arabinose rather...
snout moth genus in subfamily Pyralinae Taboga (sponge), a synonym for Tethya, a genus of sea sponges This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
Smith, 1993 Family Sycettidae Sycon Family Tethyidae Tethya actinia de Laubenfels, 1950 Tethya seychellensis (Wright, 1881) Family Tedaniide Tedania...
its mouth against the surface of the sponge. This slug has been found on Tethya spp., Aaptos aaptos, Ancorina alata and Plakina trilopha. The eggs are laid...
been named in her honour, e.g, Xestospongia bergquistia Fromont, 1991, Tethya bergquistae Hooper, 1994, Acarnus bergquistae Van Soest, Hooper & Hiemstra...
sponges of Verongia aerophoba, Aiplysina aerophoba, Chondrilla nucula and Tethya aurantium. Three subspecies have been recognized : Luria lurida lurida (Linnaeus...
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