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Timea (sponge)

Timea is a genus of sponges in the order Tethyida first described in 1867 by Gray. It is the only member of the family Timeidae, described by Émile Topsent in 1928. and was

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Timea
Timea aurantiaca
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tethyida
Family: Timeidae
Genus: Timea
Gray, 1867

Timea is a genus of sponges in the order Tethyida first described in 1867 by Gray.1 It is the only member of the family Timeidae, described by Émile Topsent in 1928.1 and was 23

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