WoRMS taxon details
Thoosa socialis Carter, 1880
170578 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170578)
accepted
Species
Thooce socialis (Carter, 1880) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1880). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938009458893
page(s): 56-57 [details]
page(s): 56-57 [details]
Type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka
, Note This is the type species of Thooce de...
type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka [details]
Type species This is the type species of Thooce de Laubenfels, 1936. [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Thoosa socialis Carter, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170578 on 2026-06-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Carter, H.J. (1880). Report on Specimens dredged up from the Gulf of Manaar and presented to the Liverpool Free Museum by Capt.W.H. Cawne Warren. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 6(31):35-61, pls IV-VI; 129-156, pls VII, VIII., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938009458893
page(s): 56-57 [details]
page(s): 56-57 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type species This is the type species of Thooce de Laubenfels, 1936. [details]
