The Kirk Collection of Sponges (Porifera) in the Zoology Museum, Victoria University College
Genus Tethya Lamarck 1814 — Tethya lyncurium Lam. var. australis Kirk
Genus Tethya Lamarck 1814
Tethya lyncurium Lam. var. australis Kirk
H. B. Kirk Trans.N.Z.Inst., 43, 575, Fig. 1 (1911)
The solitary holotype is now divided into merotypes comprising one slide (carrying two sections), and the remainder of the paraffin block from which the sections were cut. From Meyer Island, near Sunday Island (Kermadecs), in rock-pools, coll. W. R. B. Oliver, April 24, 1908.