Thoosa (sponge)

Thoosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Tetractinellida
Family:	Thoosidae
Genus:	Thoosa; Hancock, 1849
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	List Annandalea Topsent, 1928; Annandalena Topsent, 1932; Thooce Laubenfels, 1936;

Thoosa is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thoosidae.^[1] This genus is known for boring holes in corals.^[2] It contains sixteen described species.

Species[]

Species in this genus include:^[1]

Topsent, 1920
Topsent, 1888
Hancock, 1849
Hancock, 1849
Carballo, Cruz-Barraza & Gomez, 2004
Topsent, 1891
Topsent, 1891
Annandale, 1915
Topsent, 1891
Azzini, Calcinai, Iwasaki & Bavestrello, 2007
Carballo, Cruz-Barraza & Gomez, 2004
Volz, 1939
Cruz-Barraza, Carballo, Bautista-Guerrero & Nava, 2011
Topsent, 1887
Carter, 1880
Sarà, 1958

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c Boury-Esnault, N., van Soest, R. (2014). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Thoosa Hancock, 1849". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
^ Hooper, John N. A.; van Soest, R.W.M., eds. (2002). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. ISBN 978-0-30647260-2.

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[WoRMS-1] Boury-Esnault, N., van Soest, R. (2014). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Thoosa Hancock, 1849". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-22.

[2] Hooper, John N. A.; van Soest, R.W.M., eds. (2002). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. ISBN 978-0-30647260-2.

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