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Tectitethya

Tectitethya is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Tethyidae. There are five described species in this genus with the first member having been described in 1900.

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Tectitethya
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tethyida
Family: Tethyidae
Genus: Tectitethya
Sarà, 1994
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Tectitethya is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Tethyidae.1 There are five described species in this genus with the first member having been described in 1900.

Species

Species in this genus include:1

  • Tectitethya crypta (de Laubenfels, 1949)
  • Tectitethya keyensis Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996
  • Tectitethya macrostella Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996
  • Tectitethya raphyroides Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996
  • Tectitethya topsenti (Thiele, 1900)
References

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tectitethya Sarà, 1994". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 7 April 2012.