WoRMS taxon details
Tethya californiana de Laubenfels, 1932
170942 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170942)
accepted
Species
Tethya aurantia var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932 · unaccepted (status change)
Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Tethya aurantia var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2927):1-140.
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Holotype (of Tethya aurantia var. californiana de...
Holotype (of Tethya aurantia var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932) USNM 21495, geounit Northern California [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Tethya californiana de Laubenfels, 1932. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170942 on 2025-04-07
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010) Heim, I.; Nickel, M. 2010. Description and molecular phylogeny of <i>Tethya leysae</i> sp.nov. (Porifera, Demospongiae, Hadromerida) from the Canadian Northeast Pacific with remarks on the use of microtomography in sponge taxonomy. Zootaxa 2422: 1-21. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Tethya aurantia var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2927):1-140.
page(s): 44-45 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Tethya aurantia var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2927):1-140.
page(s): 44-45 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
redescription
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. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3823 (1): 1-84., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3823.1.1
page(s): 63-76 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 63-76 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Turner, T.L. (2020). The order Tethyida (Porifera) in California: taxonomy, systematics, and the first member of the family Hemiasterellidae in the Eastern Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4861(2): 211-231., available online at http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:52EB6E6C-4258-4AED-8525-BBC69C338AEA
page(s): 219-221 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Sarà, M.; Corriero, G. (1993). Redescription of <i>Tethya californiana</i> de Laubenfels as a valid species for<i> Tethya aurantia</i> var. <i>californiana</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae). <em>Ophelia.</em> 37(3): 203-211., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1993.10429918
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additional source Sarà, M.; Gómez, P.; Sarà, A. (2001). East Pacific Mexican <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) with descriptions of five new species. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Socety of Washsington.</em> 114 (3): 794-821.
page(s): 817-818 [details]
page(s): 219-221 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sarà, M.; Corriero, G. (1993). Redescription of <i>Tethya californiana</i> de Laubenfels as a valid species for<i> Tethya aurantia</i> var. <i>californiana</i> (Porifera, Demospongiae). <em>Ophelia.</em> 37(3): 203-211., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00785326.1993.10429918
note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Sarà, M.; Gómez, P.; Sarà, A. (2001). East Pacific Mexican <i>Tethya</i> (Porifera: Demospongiae) with descriptions of five new species. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Socety of Washsington.</em> 114 (3): 794-821.
page(s): 817-818 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Tethya aurantia var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932) USNM 21495, geounit Northern California [details]
Paratype (of Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010) PMJ 287, geounit Oregon, Washington, Vancouver Coast and Shelf [details]
Syntype USNM 21495, geounit Northern California [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy The specimen described by Sarà & Corriero 1993 does not correspond to Tethya californiana de Laubenfels, 1932 but correspond to Tethya vacua Austin et al 2014 [details]
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes) (from synonym Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tethya aurantia var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tethya californiana)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tethya leysae) (from synonym Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Tethya leysae) (from synonym Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 069159)
To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tethya aurantia var. californiana de Laubenfels, 1932)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tethya californiana)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Tethya leysae) (from synonym Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010)
To GenBank (13 nucleotides; 7 proteins)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010)
To Sponge Barcoding Database (Tethya leysae) (from synonym Tethya leysae Heim & Nickel, 2010)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 069159)
