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

Thoosa mollis Volz, 1939

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Thoosa*	Hancock, 1849	accepted genus name

Literature

original description	Volz, P. 1939. Die Bohrschwämme (Clioniden) der Adria. Thalassia Salentina 3(2): 1-64.
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	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

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Thoosa mollis. 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:134153