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Tethya annona Sim-Smith, Hickman Jr & Kelly, 2021

Esponja, Sponge

This is a rare species that has only been found at Isabela Island, where it was growing on a rock Wall (Hickman, et al. 2021).

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Porifera

Class
Demospongiae

Order
Tethyida

Family
Tethyidae

Genus
Tethya

Species
annona

Taxon category: Accepted

Holotype: MCCDRS9479, Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, 0.0489° S, 91.558° W, depth unknown, 15 Nov 2003; Paratype: MCCDRS9478, Punta Vicente Roca, Isabela Island, 0.0489° S, 91.558° W, 11 m, 16 Jan 2003; Type locality: Isabela Island (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).

Origin: Endemic

Status

Data deficient

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Punta Vicente Roca-Isabela Island (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).

References

  • Hickman, C.P. Jr. Sim-Amith, C. & Michelle, K. (2021) A field guide to Sponge of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia.
  • Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
  • IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
  • Sim-Smith, C. CLEVELAND HICKMAN, J. R., & Kelly, M. (2021) New shallow water sponges (Porifera) from the Gálapagos Islands Zootaxa, 5012(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5012.1.1

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"Galapagos Species Database, Tethya annona", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18837. Accessed 31 October 2026.