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Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB) Taxon Report
Animalia (kingdom) » Porifera (phylum) » Demospongiae (class) » Hadromerida (order) » Tethyidae (family)
CAAB Code: | 10 029001 |
Scientific Name and Authority: | Tethya aurantium (Pallas, 1766) |
Rank: | Species |
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Taxon Notes: | This species is now regarded as restricted to the Mediterranean, Azores and NE Atlantic. Any records of this species from New Zealand and the Australasian region refer to other species of Tethya, and need to be re-examined to determine their true identity. | ||||
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Record source: | Hooper, J.N.A. Wiedenmayer, F., 1994, Zoological catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Porifera. CSIRO, Melbourne |
Scientific Name verified against: | SarĂ , M., SarĂ , A., 2004. A revision of Australian and New Zealand Tethya (Porifera: Demospongiae) with a preliminary analysis of species-groupings., Invertebrate Systematics, Vol. 18: 117-156. |