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Tethya peracuta

Status not recordedsponges

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

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Quick facts about Tethya peracuta

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 peracuta live?

Not recorded

Is Tethya peracuta 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 peracuta classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPorifera
  3. classDemospongiae
  4. orderTethyida
  5. familyTethyidae
  6. genusTethya
  7. SpeciesTethya peracuta (Topsent, 1918)

Synonyms Donatia japonica var. peracuata, Donatia japonica var. peracuta, Donatia peracuata, Donatia peracuta

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Tethya peracuta

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 peracuta?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{tethya_peracuta_2026,
  title = {Tethya peracuta (Tethya peracuta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/tethya-peracuta},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}