WoRMS taxon details
Thoosa Hancock, 1849
132031 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132031)
accepted
Genus
Thoosa cactoides Hancock, 1849 (type by subsequent designation)
Annandalea Topsent, 1928 · unaccepted (preoccupied and junior synonym)
Annandalena Topsent, 1932 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Thooce Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Thoosa amphiasterina Topsent, 1920
- Species Thoosa armata Topsent, 1888
- Species Thoosa bulbosa Hancock, 1849
- Species Thoosa cactoides Hancock, 1849
- Species Thoosa calpulli Carballo, Cruz-Barraza & Gómez, 2004
- Species Thoosa circumflexa Topsent, 1891
- Species Thoosa fischeri Topsent, 1891
- Species Thoosa laeviaster Annandale, 1915
- Species Thoosa letellieri Topsent, 1891
- Species Thoosa midwayi Azzini, Calcinai, Iwasaki & Bavestrello, 2007
- Species Thoosa mismalolli Carballo, Cruz-Barraza & Gómez, 2004
- Species Thoosa mollis Volz, 1939
- Species Thoosa purpurea Cruz-Barraza, Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero & Nava, 2011
- Species Thoosa radiata Topsent, 1887
- Species Thoosa socialis Carter, 1880
- Species Thoosa tortonesei Sarà, 1958
- Species Thoosa hancocci Topsent, 1888 accepted as Cliothosa hancocki (Topsent, 1888) (genus transfer and spelling correction)
- Species Thoosa hancocki Topsent, 1888 accepted as Cliothosa hancocki (Topsent, 1888) (genus transfer)
- Species Thoosa investigatoris Annandale, 1915 accepted as Cliothosa investigatoris (Annandale, 1915) (genus transfer)
- Species Thoosa istriaca Müller, Zahn, Rijavec, Britavić, Kurelec & Müller, 1979 accepted as Cliona schmidtii (Ridley, 1881) (spicules depicted in original description are atypical for Thoosa, but tylostyles and spirasters together with the colour are typical for C. schmidti and suggest contamination with other spicules, material needs to be re-investigated)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612 [details] 
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Thoosa Hancock, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132031 on 2025-05-03
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Nomenclature
original description
Hancock, A. (1849). On the Excavating Powers of certain Sponges belonging to the genus <i>Cliona</i> with descriptions of several new Species,and an allied generic form. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (2)3(17): 321-348, pls XII-XV., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16085612 [details]
original description (of Annandalea Topsent, 1928) Topsent, E. (1928). Nouvelle étude sur les <i>Cliothosa</i>. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 525: 1-7.
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original description (of Annandalena Topsent, 1932) Topsent, E. (1932). Notes sur des clionides. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 74(28): 549-579. [details]
original description (of Thooce Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 158 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Annandalea Topsent, 1928) Topsent, E. (1928). Nouvelle étude sur les <i>Cliothosa</i>. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 525: 1-7.
page(s): 6 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Annandalena Topsent, 1932) Topsent, E. (1932). Notes sur des clionides. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 74(28): 549-579. [details]
original description (of Thooce Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 158 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Rützler, K. (2002). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Rützler, K. (2002 [2004]). Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers, New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Alander, H. (1942). Sponges from the Swedish west-coast and adjacent waters. <em>Ph.D. Thesis. (University of Lund, H. Struves: Gøteborg).</em> Pp. 1-95, 15 pls. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
