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