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Species Identification: Find Species
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tethyida
Family: Tethyidae

Genus: Tethya

(See list of species below)

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25 species (see list below)
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Max. Length 7 cm WD
 
Tethya actinia
[]
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Tethya andamanensis
[]
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Tethya annona
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Ferreira, Vasco Manuel

Northeast Atlantic and In

Tethya aurantium(Pallas, 1766)

Photo by Ferreira, Vasco Manuel
 
Tethya aurantium
[Ball sponge]
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Tethya beatrizae
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Tethya bitylastra
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Tethya californiana
[Orange rough ball]
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Tethya deformis
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Tethya diploderma
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Tethya fastigiata
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Tethya fissurata
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Tethya ingalli
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Tethya japonica
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Tethya levii
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Tethya maza
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Tethya novaecaledoniae
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Tethya nux
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Tethya omanensis
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Tethya papillosa
[Common cheese puff sponge]
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Max. Length 5 cm WD
 
Tethya robusta
[Golfball sponge]
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Tethya seychellensis
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Tethya sollasi
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Tethya sorbetus
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Tethya stellagrandis
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Tethya topsenti
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