Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Astrophorida > Family Thoosidae > Genus Thoosa

Thoosa armata Topsent, 1888

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thoosa*	Hancock, 1849	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Topsent, E. 1887(1888). Contribution à l’étude des Clionides. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale (2) 5 bis: 1-165, pls I-VII.
basis of record	Rützler, K. 2002. Family Clionaidae D'Orbigny, 1851. Pp. 173-185. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow
additional source	Rosell, D. & Uriz, M. J. 2002. Excavating and endolithic sponge species (Porifera) from the Mediterranean: species descriptions and identification key. Organisms, Diversity & Evolution 1-32
additional source	Thomas, P.A. 1973a. Marine Demospongiae of Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annales du Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale. Série in 8vo. Sciences zoologiques (203): 1-96, pls 1-8.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103
additional source	Lévi, C. 1959a. Résultats scientifiques des Campagnes de la ‘Calypso’. Campagne de la ‘Calypso’ dans le Golfe de Guinée et aux îles Principe, São Tomé et Annobon. 5. Spongiaires. Annales de l’Institut océanographique 37 (4): 115-141, pls 5-6.
additional source	Lévi, C. 1965a. Spongiaires récoltés par l’expédition israélienne dans le sud de la Mer Rouge en 1962. Pp. 3-27. In: Israel South Red Sea Expedition,1962, Report 13. Bulletin. Sea Fisheries Research Station, Israel, (39).
redescription	Topsent, E. 1918. Éponges de San Thomé. Essai sur les genres Spirastrella, Donatia et Chondrilla. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale 57(6): 535-618.

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External Links

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Thoosa armata. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134152