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Sea lemon

Tethya citrina Sarà & Melone, 1965

Status not recordedsponges

The sea lemon (Tethya citrina) is a species in the family Tethyidae, order Tethyida.

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Quick facts about the sea lemon

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the sea lemon live?

Not recorded

Is the sea lemon endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the sea lemon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPorifera
  3. classDemospongiae
  4. orderTethyida
  5. familyTethyidae
  6. genusTethya
  7. SpeciesTethya citrina Sarà & Melone, 1965

Synonyms Tehtya citrina

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Orange puffball spongeEnglish
  • Yellow golf ball spongeEnglish
  • Yellow golfball spongeEnglish
  • houba citronováCzech
  • Zitrone SchwamGerman
  • Esponja limónSpanish
  • citron de merFrench
  • spugna limoneItalian
  • citroen sponsDutch
  • Esponja-laranjaPortuguese
  • ZitronenschwammGerman
  • Orange de mer de Manche AtlantiqueFrench
  • Limone di mareItalian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sea lemon

Other species in the same genus Tethya.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the sea lemon?

The sea lemon (Tethya citrina) belongs to the family Tethyidae in the order Tethyida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Sea lemon (Tethya citrina). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tethya-citrina

MLA

“Sea lemon (Tethya citrina).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/tethya-citrina.

BibTeX
@misc{tethya_citrina_2026,
  title = {Sea lemon (Tethya citrina)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tethya-citrina},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}