Published December 31, 2012 | Version v1
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Thenea Gray 1867

Description

Genus Thenea Gray, 1867

Diagnosis: Theneidae with tetraxonic megascleres and without cladotyles.

Most of the taxonomy concerning Thenea has already been treated elsewhere (Steenstrup & Tendal 1982) so our description will mainly focus on new data. Our study will notably add new records, additional illustrations (external morphology and spicules) and discuss the molecular phylogenetic data now available for those species (Cárdenas et al. 2011).

Notes

Published as part of Cárdenas, Paco & Rapp, Hans Tore, 2012, A review of Norwegian streptaster-bearing Astrophorida (Porifera: Demospongiae: Tetractinellida), new records and a new species, pp. 1-52 in Zootaxa 3253 on page 33, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.280590

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Theneidae
Genus
Thenea
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Astrophorida
Phylum
Porifera
Scientific name authorship
Gray
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Thenea Gray, 1867 sec. Cárdenas & Rapp, 2012

References

  • Gray, J. E. (1867) Notes on the arrangement of sponges, with the descriptions of some new genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 2, 492 - 558, pls XXVII - XXVIII.
  • Steenstrup, E. & Tendal, O. S. (1982) The genus Thenea (Porifera, Demospongiae, Choristida) in the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters; an annotated key. Sarsia, 67, 259 - 268.
  • Cardenas, P., Xavier, J. R., Reveillaud, J., Schander, C. & Rapp, H. T. (2011) Molecular phylogeny of the Astrophorida (Porifera, Demospongiae p) reveals an unexpected high level of spicule homoplasy. PLoS ONE, 6, e 18318. doi: 10.1371 / journal. pone. 0018318.