Tethya californiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Tethyida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Tethyida

Tethya californiana de Laubenfels, 1932

Syntypes (2): USNM 21495 and BMNH 29.8.22.15, collected by Max de Laubenfels on 25 July 1926.
Type locality: “Pescadero Point [(36º33.6′N, 121º57.1′W)], near Carmel, Calif. [=California], intertidal”.

Tethya aurantium var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932: 44 [original combination, as variety]
Tehya californiana — Sarà & Corriero, 1993: 203 [subsequent combination, elevate to species]

Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010: 5 [synonymised by Austin et al. (2014: 63)]
- Holotype: NHM 2009.5.1.1, collected by Sally P. Leys on 25 June 2003.
- Type locality: “Rocky hard bottom substrate in the shallow Infralittoral (10-25 m depth) near Ohiat Islet, Northeast Pacific, Barkley Sound, Bamfield, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, coordinates 48°51′3.00′′ N, 125°11′60.00′′ W”.
Tethya vacua Austin, Ott, Reiswig, Romagosa & McDaniel, 2014: 76 [synonymised by Turner (2020: 219)]
- Holotype: CASIZ 053441, collected by France & Efford on 24 December 1981.
- Type locality: “Channel Islands, southern California, (34°0′N, 120°0.1′W), 9 m depth”.

de Laubenfels, M.W. 1932. The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 81 (2927): 1–140. BHL
Sarà, M. & Corriero, G. 1993. Redescription of Tethya californiana de Laubenfels as a valid species for Tethya aurantia var. californiana (Porifera, Demospongiae). Ophelia 37(3): 203–211. DOI: 10.1080/00785326.1993.10429918
Heim, I. & Nickel, M. 2010. Description and molecular phylogeny of Tethya leysae sp.nov. (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hadromerida) from the Canadian Northeast Pacific with remarks on the use of microtomography in sponge taxonomy. Zootaxa 2422: 1–21. Preview. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2422.1.1 Reference page.
Austin, W.C., Ott, B.S., Reiswig, H.M., Romagosa, P. & McDaniel, N.G. 2014. Taxonomic review of Hadromerida (Porifera, Demospongiae) from British Columbia, Canada, and adjacent waters, with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 3823(1): 1–84. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3823.1.1 Reference page.
Turner, T.L. 2020. The order Tethyida (Porifera) in California: taxonomy, systematics, and the first member of the family Hemiasterellidae in the Eastern Pacific. Zootaxa 4861(2): 211–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4861.2.3 Reference page.