# Tectitethya

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{{Short description|Genus of sponges}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Tectitethya
| authority = Sarà, 1994
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text 
}}

'''''Tectitethya''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [sea sponges](/source/sea_sponges) belonging to the [family](/source/Family_(taxonomy)) [Tethyidae](/source/Tethyidae).<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite web |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170926 |title=WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Tectitethya Sarà, 1994 |website=www.marinespecies.org |access-date=7 April 2012}}</ref> There are five described [species](/source/species) in this genus with the first member having been described in 1900.

==Species==
Species in this genus include:<ref name="WoRMS"/>
* ''[Tectitethya crypta](/source/Tectitethya_crypta)'' <small>(de Laubenfels, 1949)</small>
* ''[Tectitethya keyensis](/source/Tectitethya_keyensis)'' <small>Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996</small>
* ''[Tectitethya macrostella](/source/Tectitethya_macrostella)'' <small>Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996</small>
* ''[Tectitethya raphyroides](/source/Tectitethya_raphyroides)'' <small>Sarà & Bavestrello, 1996</small>
* ''[Tectitethya topsenti](/source/Tectitethya_topsenti)'' <small>(Thiele, 1900)</small>

== References ==
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