Tethya is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the family Tethyidae. Members of this genus all have a spherical body form and some are known to be able to move at speeds of between 1 and 4 mm per day.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Tethya:
- Tethya actinia <small>de Laubenfels, 1950</small>
- Tethya acuta <small>SarÃÂ & SarÃÂ , 2004</small>
- Tethya amplexa <small>Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991</small>
- Tethya andamanensis <small>Dendy & Burton, 1926</small>
- Tethya asbestella <small>Lamarck, 1815</small>
- Tethya aurantium <small>(Pallas, 1766)</small>
- Tethya beatrizae <small>Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011</small>
- Tethya bergquistae <small>Hooper, 1994</small>
- Tethya bitylastra <small>Mácola & Menegola, 2018</small>
- Tethya boeroi <small>SarÃÂ , 1992</small>
- Tethya brasiliana <small>Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004</small>
- Tethya bullae <small>Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991</small>
- Tethya burtoni <small>SarÃÂ & SarÃÂ , 2004</small>
- Tethya californiana <small>de Laubenfels, 1932</small>
- Tethya citrina <small>SarÃÂ & Melone, 1965</small>
- Tethya coccinea <small>Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991</small>
- Tethya communis <small>Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991</small>
- Tethya comorensis <small>SarÃÂ , Corriero & Bavestrello, 1993</small>
- Tethya compacta <small>Bergquist, 1961</small>
- Tethya cyanae <small>Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004</small>
- Tethya deformis <small>Thiele, 1898</small>
- Tethya dendyi <small>SarÃÂ & SarÃÂ , 2004</small>
- Tethya densa <small>SarÃÂ , 1992</small>
- Tethya diploderma <small>Schmidt, 1870</small>
- Tethya ensis <small>Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001</small>
- Tethya expansa <small>SarÃÂ & SarÃÂ , 2004</small>
- Tethya fastigiata <small>Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991</small>
- Tethya fissurata <small>Lendenfeld, 1888</small>
- Tethya flexuosa <small>SarÃÂ & SarÃÂ , 2004</small>
- Tethya gigantea <small>(Lendenfeld, 1888)</small>
- Tethya globostellata <small>Lendenfeld, 1897</small>
- Tethya globum <small>Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864</small>
- Tethya gracilis <small>Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001</small>
- Tethya gunni <small>SarÃÂ & SarÃÂ , 2004</small>
- Tethya hibernica <small>Heim, Nickel, Picton & Brümmer, 2007</small>
- Tethya hooperi <small>SarÃÂ & SarÃÂ , 2004</small>
- Tethya ignis <small>Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004</small>
- Tethya ingalli <small>Bowerbank, 1858</small>
- Tethya irisae <small>Sorokin, Ekins, Yang & Cárdenas, 2019</small>
- Tethya irregularis <small>SarÃÂ & Bavestrello, 1998</small>
- Tethya japonica <small>Sollas, 1888</small>
- Tethya laevis <small>(Lendenfeld, 1888)</small>
- Tethya levii <small>SarÃÂ , 1988</small>
- Tethya leysae <small>Heim & Nickel, 2010</small>
- â Tethya logani <small>Dawson, 1857</small>
- Tethya magna <small>Kirkpatrick, 1903</small>
- Tethya maza <small>Selenka, 1879</small>
- Tethya melinka <small>Hajdu, Desqueyroux-Faúndez, Carvalho, Lôbo-Hajdu & Willenz, 2013</small>
- Tethya meloni <small>Corriero, Gadaleta & Bavestrello, 2015</small>
- Tethya mexicana <small>Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001</small>
- Tethya microstella <small>SarÃÂ , 1990</small>
- Tethya minuta <small>Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001</small>
- Tethya monstrosa <small>(Burton, 1924)</small>
- Tethya mortoni <small>Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991</small>
- Tethya multifida <small>(Carter, 1882)</small>
- Tethya multistella <small>Lendenfeld, 1888</small>
- Tethya nicolae <small>Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011</small>
- Tethya norvegica <small>Bowerbank, 1872</small>
- Tethya novaecaledoniae <small>SarÃÂ , 1988</small>
- Tethya nux <small>(Selenka, 1867)</small>
- Tethya omanensis <small>SarÃÂ & Bavestrello, 1995</small>
- Tethya ornata <small>SarÃÂ , Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000</small>
- Tethya orphei <small>SarÃÂ , 1990</small>
- Tethya ovum <small>Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001</small>
- Tethya papillosa <small>(Thiele, 1905)</small>
- Tethya paroxeata <small>Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001</small>
- Tethya parvistella <small>(Baer, 1906)</small>
- Tethya parvula <small>Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011</small>
- Tethya pellis <small>Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991</small>
- Tethya peracuata <small>(Topsent, 1918)</small>
- Tethya popae <small>Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991</small>
- Tethya pulchra <small>SarÃÂ , 1992</small>
- Tethya pulitzeri <small>SarÃÂ & SarÃÂ , 2004</small>
- Tethya robusta <small>(Bowerbank, 1873)</small>
- Tethya rubra <small>Samaai & Gibbons, 2005</small>
- Tethya samaaii <small>Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011</small>
- Tethya sarai <small>Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1997</small>
- Tethya seychellensis <small>(Wright, 1881)</small>
- Tethya simi <small>SarÃÂ , Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000</small>
- Tethya socius <small>Sarà, Gómez & Sarà, 2001</small>
- Tethya solangeae <small>Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011</small>
- Tethya sollasi <small>Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991</small>
- Tethya songakensis <small>Kim & Sim, 2005</small>
- Tethya stellagrandis <small>(Dendy, 1916)</small>
- Tethya stellodermis <small>SarÃÂ & SarÃÂ , 2004</small>
- Tethya stolonifera <small>Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991</small>
- Tethya strongylata <small>SarÃÂ , Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000</small>
- Tethya taboga <small>(de Laubenfels, 1936)</small>
- Tethya tasmaniae <small>SarÃÂ & SarÃÂ , 2004</small>
- Tethya tenuisclera <small>SarÃÂ & Corriero, 1994</small>
- Tethya topsenti <small>SarÃÂ , Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000</small>
- Tethya uljinensis <small>Shim & Sim, 2008</small>
- Tethya vacua <small>Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014</small>
- Tethya varians <small>SarÃÂ & Bavestrello, 1998</small>
- Tethya viridis <small>(Baer, 1906)</small>
- Tethya wilhelma <small>Sarà, Sarà, Nickel & Brümmer, 2001</small>
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