Porifera name details
Tethyum sensu Lieberkühn, 1859
608060 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:608060)
unaccepted (misspelling)
Genus
Tethea lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (type by monotypy)
- Species Tethyum lyncurium (Linnaeus, 1767) accepted as Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) (genus name misspelled and junior synonym)
- Species Tethyum pyriforme Gay, 1854 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lieberkühn, N. (1859). Neue Beiträge zur Anatomie der Spongien. <em>Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie.</em> 30(3): 353-382, 515-529, pls IX-XI. [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. Tethyum sensu Lieberkühn, 1859. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=608060 on 2025-04-26
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original description
Lieberkühn, N. (1859). Neue Beiträge zur Anatomie der Spongien. <em>Archiv für Anatomie und Physiologie.</em> 30(3): 353-382, 515-529, pls IX-XI. [details]
From editor or global species database
Spelling The spelling of the name of this genus by Lieberkühn was altered from Lamarck's original spelling Tethya, and moreover the genus name is also preoccupied by Tethyum Bohadsch, 1761 (Tunicata). The fact that this name was suppressed in favour of Halocynthia Verrill, 1879 still disallows the use of Lieberkühn's name. Regardless, Lieberkühn's spelling as Tethyum is an unjustified emendation of Lamarck's Tethya. [details]
