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Tethya lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767)
185003 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:185003)
unaccepted (junior synonym)
Species
- Variety Tethya lyncurium var. australis Kirk, 1911 accepted as Tethya deformis Thiele, 1898
- Variety Tethya lyncurium var. contorta Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
- Variety Tethya lyncurium var. nodulosa Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (junior synonym)
- Variety Tethya lyncurium var. obtusum Vosmaer, 1882 accepted as Tethya norvegica (Bowerbank, 1872) (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Alcyonium lyncurium Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [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 lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=185003 on 2025-04-04
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(of Alcyonium lyncurium Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. <em>Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii.</em> pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details]
basis of record Sarà, M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-265. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i>(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]
basis of record Sarà, M. (2002). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i> Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Sarà, M. (2002 [2004]). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-265. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <i>Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i>(2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Sarà, M. (2002). Family Tethyidae Gray, 1848. Pp. 245-267. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). <i> Systema Porifera – A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</i> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Alander, H. (1935). Additions to the Swedish sponge fauna. <i>Arkiv för Zoologi 28B(5)</i>: 1-6 (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 2 [details]
additional source Carter, H.J. (1869). A descriptive account of four subspherous sponges, Arabian and British, with general observations. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 4: 1-28, pls I-II.
page(s): 7-8 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1933). Report on a small collection of sponges from Stil Bay, S. Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 10 (11): 235-244.
page(s): 241; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Marion, A.F. (1883). Esquisse d'une topographie zoologique du Golfe de Marseille. <em>Annales du Musée d' Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Zoologie.</em> 1: 1-108.
page(s): 68 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1894). Éponges du Golfe de Gabès. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France,.</em> 7: 37-44, pl. I.
page(s): 43 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1891). Spongaires des côtes océaniques de France. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 6: 125-129.
page(s): 128 [details]
additional source Vidal, A. (1967). Etude des fonds rocheux circalittoraux le long de la côte du Rousillon. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 18, 167-219.
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Saritas, M.Ü. (1972). A preliminary study on the silicious Sponge (Porifera) Fauna of Engeceli Limani in the Gulf of Izmir (Aegean Sea). <em>Scientific reports of the Faculty of Science, Ege University.</em> 143, 1-25 (in Turkish).
page(s): 11; pl I fig 4; note: Misapplication: used for Tethya citrina [details]
additional source Saritas, M.Ü. (1973). Report on the Sponges (Porifera) occuring on <i>Posidonia oceanica</i> (L.) at the coast of Altinomuk, Edremit Bay (Aegean Sea). <em>Scientific reports of the Faculty of Science, Ege University.</em> 168, 1-21 (in Turkish).
page(s): 6; note: Misapplication: used for Tethya citrina [details]
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 74 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 112-114; note: Misapplication: Dendy described varieties a, b & c without giving a name. [details]
additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. Parte 2. III. Myxospongida. IV. Tetraxonida. V. Triaxonida. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica).</em> 17: 1-46.
page(s): 16 [details]
additional source Hanitsch, R. (1889). Second Report on the Porifera of the L.M.B.C.District. <em>Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 3: 155-173, pls V-VII.
page(s): 168-169 [details]
additional source Hanitsch, R. (1890). Third Report on the Porifera of the L.M.B.C.District. <em>Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 4: 192-238, pls X-XV.
page(s): 220-221 [details]
additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1898). Die Clavulina der Adria. <em>Nova acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino Carolinae germanicae naturaecuriosorum.</em> 69: 1-251, pls I-XII.
page(s): 15-30; pl I fig 1-5, pl VI fig 56, pl VII fig 62, pl VIII fig 93-105 [details]
additional source Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41.
note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 44-45; pl IV fig 1 [details]
additional source Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
page(s): 22-23 and 31; pl IV fig 8 [details]
additional source Stephens, J. (1912). A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42.
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Stephens, J. (1915). Atlantic Sponges collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 50(2): 423-467.
page(s): 434 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1891). Voyage de la Goëlette ‘Melita' aux Canaries et au Sénégal, 1889-1890. Spongiaires. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 4: 11-15, pl. II.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). The Sponges of the 'Willem Barents' Expedition 1880 and 1881. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 12 (3): 1-47, pls I-V.
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Wilson, H.V. (1902 [1900]). The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 2: 375-411.
page(s): 388; note: Misapplication [details]
page(s): 2 [details]
additional source Carter, H.J. (1869). A descriptive account of four subspherous sponges, Arabian and British, with general observations. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 4: 1-28, pls I-II.
page(s): 7-8 [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1933). Report on a small collection of sponges from Stil Bay, S. Africa. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 10 (11): 235-244.
page(s): 241; note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Marion, A.F. (1883). Esquisse d'une topographie zoologique du Golfe de Marseille. <em>Annales du Musée d' Histoire Naturelle de Marseille, Zoologie.</em> 1: 1-108.
page(s): 68 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1894). Éponges du Golfe de Gabès. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France,.</em> 7: 37-44, pl. I.
page(s): 43 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1891). Spongaires des côtes océaniques de France. <em>Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 6: 125-129.
page(s): 128 [details]
additional source Vidal, A. (1967). Etude des fonds rocheux circalittoraux le long de la côte du Rousillon. <em>Vie et Milieu.</em> 18, 167-219.
page(s): 188 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Saritas, M.Ü. (1972). A preliminary study on the silicious Sponge (Porifera) Fauna of Engeceli Limani in the Gulf of Izmir (Aegean Sea). <em>Scientific reports of the Faculty of Science, Ege University.</em> 143, 1-25 (in Turkish).
page(s): 11; pl I fig 4; note: Misapplication: used for Tethya citrina [details]
additional source Saritas, M.Ü. (1973). Report on the Sponges (Porifera) occuring on <i>Posidonia oceanica</i> (L.) at the coast of Altinomuk, Edremit Bay (Aegean Sea). <em>Scientific reports of the Faculty of Science, Ege University.</em> 168, 1-21 (in Turkish).
page(s): 6; note: Misapplication: used for Tethya citrina [details]
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls.
page(s): 74 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Dendy, A. (1905). Report on the sponges collected by Professor Herdman,at Ceylon, in 1902. <em>In: Herdman, W.A. (Ed.), Report to the Government of Ceylon on the Pearl Oyster Fisheries of the Gulf of Manaar. 3 (Supplement 18). (Royal Society: London).</em> Pp. 57-246, pls I-XVI.
page(s): 112-114; note: Misapplication: Dendy described varieties a, b & c without giving a name. [details]
additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1914). Esponjas del Cantábrico. Parte 2. III. Myxospongida. IV. Tetraxonida. V. Triaxonida. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (Zoológica).</em> 17: 1-46.
page(s): 16 [details]
additional source Hanitsch, R. (1889). Second Report on the Porifera of the L.M.B.C.District. <em>Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 3: 155-173, pls V-VII.
page(s): 168-169 [details]
additional source Hanitsch, R. (1890). Third Report on the Porifera of the L.M.B.C.District. <em>Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 4: 192-238, pls X-XV.
page(s): 220-221 [details]
additional source Lendenfeld, R. von. (1898). Die Clavulina der Adria. <em>Nova acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino Carolinae germanicae naturaecuriosorum.</em> 69: 1-251, pls I-XII.
page(s): 15-30; pl I fig 1-5, pl VI fig 56, pl VII fig 62, pl VIII fig 93-105 [details]
additional source Row, R.W.H. (1911). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., B.Sc., F.Z.S. XIX. Report on the Sponges collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part II. Non-Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (208): 287-400, pls 35-41.
note: Misapplication [details]
additional source Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 44-45; pl IV fig 1 [details]
additional source Schmidt, O. (1868). Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
page(s): 22-23 and 31; pl IV fig 8 [details]
additional source Stephens, J. (1912). A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy.</em> 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42.
page(s): 18 [details]
additional source Stephens, J. (1915). Atlantic Sponges collected by the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.</em> 50(2): 423-467.
page(s): 434 [details]
additional source Topsent, E. (1891). Voyage de la Goëlette ‘Melita' aux Canaries et au Sénégal, 1889-1890. Spongiaires. <em>Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France.</em> 4: 11-15, pl. II.
page(s): 15 [details]
additional source Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). The Sponges of the 'Willem Barents' Expedition 1880 and 1881. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 12 (3): 1-47, pls I-V.
page(s): 10 [details]
additional source Wilson, H.V. (1902 [1900]). The sponges collected in Porto Rico in 1899 by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Fish Hawk. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 2: 375-411.
page(s): 388; note: Misapplication [details]
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