Taxonomy Profile: Tethyidae (Gray 1848)

Tethyidae: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Family
Synonym(s):
Tethyidae
Gray 1848
Common Name(s):
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Tethyidae: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Radiata
Phylum : Porifera
sponges |
esponja |
porifero |
éponges |
Class : Demospongiae
Order : Hadromerida
Family : Tethyidae
Tethyidae Direct Children(s):
Tethya
(Lamarck 1814)
Columnitis
(Schmidt 1870)
Anthotethya
(Sarà & Sarà 2002)
Burtonitethya
(Sarà 1994)
Halicometes
(Topsent 1898)
Laxotethya
(Sarà & Sarà 2002)
Nucleotethya
(Sarà & Bavestrello 1996)
Oxytethya
(Sarà & Sarà 2002)
Stellitethya
(Sarà 1994)
Tectitethya
(Sarà 1994)
Tethyastra
(Sarà 2002)
Tethycometes
(Sarà 1994)
Tethytimea
(de Laubenfels 1936)
Xenospongia
(Gray 1858)
Tethyidae: References
Expert(s):
Source(s):
Source:
NODC Taxonomic Code
Acquired:
1996-07-29
Notes:
Reference for:
Tethyidae
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Hooper, John N. A., and Rob W. M. van Soest, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2002-01-01 / 2002-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges
Page(s):
xlviii + 1708
Publisher:
Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-306-47260-0/
Notes:
Published in two volumes: Volume 1 - Introductions and Demospongiae; Volume 2 - Calcarea, Hexactinellida, Sphinctozoa, Archaeocyatha, unrecognizable taxa, and Index of higher taxa
Reference for:
Tethyidae
Tethyidae: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Tethyidae: Comments
Comment:
Homonymy with mollusk (TSN 78522) and tunicate names (all had been named Tethyidae) addressed in Opinion 1182 of the Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature (1981), in vol. 38, part 3, pages 174-177 ("Tethyidae in Mollusca, Porifera and Tunicata: removal of homonymy"). The sponge family remains available and valid