Galapagos Species Database
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Tethya sarai
Esponja, Sponge
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Tethyida
Family
Tethyidae
Genus
Tethya
Species
sarai
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: USNM 37915, slides and fragments MHNG 21024; Type Locality: Punta Espejo -Marchena (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Punta Espejo - Marchena, Estero Flores-Isabela, Turtle Bay-Santa Cruz (Desqeyroux-Faundez & Van Soest, 1997)
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Banks, S. Vera, M. & Chiriboga, A. (2009) Establishing Reference Points to Assess Long-Term Change in Zooxanthellate Coral Communities of the Northern Galapagos Coral Reefs. J. Sci. Conserv. in the Galapagos Islands, p. 43-64.
- Desqeyroux-Faundez, R., Van Soest, R.W.M. (1997) Shallow-water Demosponges of the Galapagos Islands. Revue Suisse de Zoologie 104(2): 379-467.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Tethya sarai", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8142. Accessed 31 October 2026.