Species under Tethya
n= 25
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Tethya actinia
de Laubenfels, 1950
Western Central Atlantic 7
Tethya andamanensis
Dendy & Burton, 1926
Indo-West Pacific
Tethya annona
Sim-Smith, Hickman Jr & Kelly, 2021
Southeast Pacific
Tethya aurantium
(Pallas, 1766)
Ball sponge Northeast Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific
Tethya beatrizae
Ribeiro & Muricy, 2011
Southwest Atlantic
Tethya bitylastra
Mácola & Menegola, 2018
Southwest Atlantic
Tethya californiana
de Laubenfels, 1932
Orange rough ball Northeast Pacific
Tethya deformis
Thiele, 1898
Pacific Ocean
Tethya diploderma
Schmidt, 1870
Indo-Pacific, Western Central Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Tethya fastigiata
Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Southwest Pacific
Tethya fissurata
Lendenfeld, 1888
Western Central Pacific
Tethya ingalli
Bowerbank, 1858
Western Central Pacific
Tethya japonica
Sollas, 1888
Western Pacific
Tethya levii
Sarà, 1988
Western Central Pacific
Tethya maza
Selenka, 1879
Western Central Pacific
Tethya novaecaledoniae
Sarà, 1988
Western Central Pacific
Tethya nux
(Selenka, 1867)
Western Central Pacific
Tethya omanensis
Sarà & Bavestrello, 1995
Western Indian Ocean
Tethya papillosa
(Thiele, 1905)
Common cheese puff sponge Southeast Pacific
Tethya robusta
(Bowerbank, 1873)
Golfball sponge Indo-West Pacific 5
Tethya seychellensis
(Wright, 1881)
Cosmopolitan
Tethya sollasi
Bergquist & Kelly-Borges, 1991
Western Pacific
Tethya sorbetus
Sim-Smith, Hickman Jr & Kelly, 2021
Southeast Pacific
Tethya stellagrandis
(Dendy, 1916)
Western Central Pacific
Tethya topsenti
Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000
Western Central Pacific
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