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Family: Tethyidae (See list of species below)

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39 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Anthotethya fromontae []	No picture found Columnitis squamata []	No picture found Halicometes hooperi []
No picture found Halicometes stellata []	No picture found Nucleotethya bifida []	No picture found Stellitethya murrayi []
No picture found Stellitethya repens []	No picture found Tectitethya crypta []	No picture found Tectitethya keyensis []
No picture found Tectitethya macrostella []	No picture found Tectitethya topsenti []	No picture found Tethya actinia []
No picture found Tethya andamanensis []	No picture found Tethya annona []	Tethya aurantium [Ball sponge]
No picture found Tethya beatrizae []	No picture found Tethya bitylastra []	No picture found Tethya californiana [Orange rough ball]
No picture found Tethya deformis []	No picture found Tethya diploderma []	No picture found Tethya fastigiata []
No picture found Tethya fissurata []	No picture found Tethya ingalli []	No picture found Tethya japonica []
No picture found Tethya levii []	No picture found Tethya maza []	No picture found Tethya novaecaledoniae []
No picture found Tethya nux []	No picture found Tethya omanensis []	No picture found Tethya papillosa [Common cheese puff sponge]
No picture found Tethya robusta [Golfball sponge]	No picture found Tethya seychellensis []	No picture found Tethya sollasi []
No picture found Tethya sorbetus []	No picture found Tethya stellagrandis []	No picture found Tethya topsenti []
No picture found Tethycometes sibogae []	No picture found Tethytimea tylota []	No picture found Xenospongia patelliformis []

39 Species of Family Tethyidae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Anthotethya fromontae		Eastern Indian Ocean
Columnitis squamata		Western Central Atlantic.
Halicometes hooperi		Western Central Pacific.
Halicometes stellata		Western Central Atlantic
Nucleotethya bifida		Western Central Atlantic
Stellitethya murrayi		Western Indian Ocean
Stellitethya repens		Indo-West Pacific and Wes
Tectitethya crypta		Western Central Atlantic
Tectitethya keyensis		Western Central Atlantic
Tectitethya macrostella		Western Central Atlantic
Tectitethya topsenti		Western Central Pacific
Tethya actinia		Western Central Atlantic.	7 WD
Tethya andamanensis		Indo-West Pacific.
Tethya annona		Southeast Pacific
Tethya aurantium	Ball sponge	Northeast Atlantic and In
Tethya beatrizae		Southwest Atlantic
Tethya bitylastra		Southwest Atlantic
Tethya californiana	Orange rough ball	Northeast Pacific
Tethya deformis		Pacific Ocean.
Tethya diploderma		Indo-Pacific, Western Cen
Tethya fastigiata		Southwest Pacific
Tethya fissurata		Western Central Pacific
Tethya ingalli		Western Central Pacific.
Tethya japonica		Western Pacific.
Tethya levii		Western Central Pacific.
Tethya maza		Western Central Pacific
Tethya novaecaledoniae		Western Central Pacific.
Tethya nux		Western Central Pacific
Tethya omanensis		Western Indian Ocean
Tethya papillosa	Common cheese puff sponge	Southeast Pacific
Tethya robusta	Golfball sponge	Indo-West Pacific.	5 WD
Tethya seychellensis		Cosmopolitan.
Tethya sollasi		Western Pacific
Tethya sorbetus		Southeast Pacific
Tethya stellagrandis		Western Central Pacific
Tethya topsenti		Western Central Pacific
Tethycometes sibogae		Western Central Pacific
Tethytimea tylota		Western Central Pacific
Xenospongia patelliformis		Western Central Pacific

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