Timea (sponge)

Timea
Timea aurantiaca
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Demospongiae
Order: Tethyida
Family: Timeidae
Genus: Timea
Gray, 1867

Timea is a genus of sponges in the order Tethyida first described in 1867 by Gray. It is the only member of the family Timeidae, described by Émile Topsent in 1928.

References

  1. 1 2 "Timeidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "Family TIMEIDAE Topsent, 1928". Australian Faunal Directory. Australian Government. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
  3. ↑ Topsent, E. (1928). Spongiaires de l'Atlantique et de la Méditerranée provenant des croisières du Prince Albert ler de Monaco. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco. 74:1-376, [145] pls I-XI.