Tethya coccinea

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Tethyidae
Genus: Tethya
Species: Tethya coccinea

Name

Tethya coccinea Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991: 53

• Holotype: AM Z5082, collected on 23 February 1985.
• Type locality: “Motupore Island, Papua New Guinea, 147º10’E, 9º30’S, 0.5-1.0m”.

References

Primary references

• Bergquist, P.R. & Kelly-Borges, M. 1991. An evaluation of the genus Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species from the Southwest Pacific. The Beagle, Records of the Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences 8(1): 37–72. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Tethya coccinea in the World Register of Marine Species