Tethyida Morrow and Cárdenas, 2015

Łukowiak, Magdalena, Pisera, Andrzej & Stefanska, Tetiana, 2019, Uncovering the hidden diversity of Paleogene sponge fauna of the East European Platform through reassessment of the record of isolated spicules, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 64 (4), pp. 871-895 : 882

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.00612.2019

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scientific name

Tethyida Morrow and Cárdenas, 2015
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Order Tethyida Morrow and Cárdenas, 2015 View in CoL Tethyida indet.

Material.—Middle Eocene, upper Eocene, Upper Cretaceous, south-central Ukraine.

Remarks. — The oxyaster shown on the Fig. 5 AF clearly belongs to Thetyida. This spherical spicule with divided ray tips is about 150 μm in diameter and might belong to some species of Timea Gray, 1867 ( Timeidae ; Timea diplasterina Rützler, Piantoni, van Soest, and Díaz, 2014 : fig. 125c). However, it could also belong to Tethya Lamarck, 1815

Tethyidae ; compare Sarà 2002: fig. 9e). Also, various asters (~60–150 μm in diameter) might belong to Tethya ( Figs.

B, 5Y, AE, AG).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Demospongiae

Order

Tethyida

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