Tethya ignis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Tethyidae
Genus: Tethya
Species: Tethya ignis

Name

Tethya ignis Ribeiro & Muricy, 2004: 9

• Holotype: MNRJ 5322a, collected by S. Ribeiro on 3 March 2002.
• Type locality: “Redonda Island, Abrolhos Archipelago, Bahia State, Brazil, intertidal”.

References

Primary references

• Ribeiro, S.M. & Muricy, G. 2004. Four new sympatric species of Tethya (Demospongiae: Hadromerida) from Abrolhos Archipelago (Bahia State, Brazil). Zootaxa 557: 1–16. Abstract & excerpt. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.557.1.1 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ribeiro, S.M. & Muricy, G. 2011. Taxonomic revision of Brazilian Tethya (Porifera: Hadromerida) with description of four new species. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 91(07): 1511–1528. DOI: 10.1017/s0025315411000038 Reference page. 

Links

• Tethya ignis in the World Register of Marine Species