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Tethya multistella

Status not recordedsponges

Tethya multistella is a species in the family Tethyidae, order Tethyida.

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Quick facts about Tethya multistella

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 Tethya multistella live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Tethya multistella as introduced in 1 country.

  1. New Zealand

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Tethya multistella 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 Tethya multistella classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPorifera
  3. classDemospongiae
  4. orderTethyida
  5. familyTethyidae
  6. genusTethya
  7. SpeciesTethya multistella Lendenfeld, 1888

Synonyms Donatia multistella, Tethya multistella var. megastella, Tethya multistella var. microstella, Tethya multistella var. multistella

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Tethya multistella

Other species in the same genus Tethya.

Sea lemon

Tethya citrina

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Common questions

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Is Tethya multistella an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Tethya multistella as introduced in 1 country: New Zealand, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Tethya multistella?

Tethya multistella (Tethya multistella) 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). Tethya multistella (Tethya multistella). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/tethya-multistella

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{tethya_multistella_2026,
  title = {Tethya multistella (Tethya multistella)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tethya-multistella},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}