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Tethya ornata

Status not recordedsponges

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

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Quick facts about Tethya ornata

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 ornata live?

Not recorded

Is Tethya ornata 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 ornata classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPorifera
  3. classDemospongiae
  4. orderTethyida
  5. familyTethyidae
  6. genusTethya
  7. SpeciesTethya ornata Sarà, Bavestrello & Calcinai, 2000

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Tethya ornata

Other species in the same genus Tethya.

Sea lemon

Tethya citrina

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Tethya ornata?

Tethya ornata (Tethya ornata) belongs to the family Tethyidae in the order Tethyida.

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{tethya_ornata_2026,
  title = {Tethya ornata (Tethya ornata)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tethya-ornata},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}