World Porifera Database - Species - Cliothosa investigatoris (Annandale, 1915)

Porifera taxon details

Cliothosa investigatoris (Annandale, 1915)

AphiaID

170493 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170493)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cliothosa Topsent, 1905

Original name

Thoosa investigatoris Annandale, 1915

Synonymised names

Thoosa investigatoris Annandale, 1915 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Thoosa investigatoris Annandale, 1915) Annandale, N. (1915). Indian Boring Sponges of the Family Clionidae. Records of the Indian Museum. 11 (1): 1-24. [details]

Type data

Holotype ZSIC ZEV6425/7

Holotype ZSIC ZEV6425/7 [details]

, Type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka

type locality contained in South India and Sri Lanka [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Cliothosa investigatoris (Annandale, 1915). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170493 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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2010-04-09 18:28:10Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Thoosa investigatoris Annandale, 1915) Annandale, N. (1915). Indian Boring Sponges of the Family Clionidae. Records of the Indian Museum. 11 (1): 1-24. [details]

additional source Schönberg, C.H.L.; Calcinai, B.; Chaves-Fonnegra. A.; Li, Y.H.: Zea, S. (2026). New taxonomic concepts for bioeroding sponges—the genus Cliothosa (Porifera: Clionaidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 207(3): zlaf027., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/207/3/zlaf027/8739483?redirectedFrom=fulltext
page(s): 28-30 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Thoosa investigatoris Annandale, 1915) Thomas, P.A. (1985). Demospongiae of the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Bay. In: Recent Advances in Marine Biology. New Delhi, James, P.S.B.R. (ed.). Today Tomorrow's Printers and Publishers. 205-365.
page(s): 322 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype ZSIC ZEV6425/7 [details]

From editor or global species database

Synonymy Synonymy from C. Schoenberg (in litteris). [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Thoosa investigatoris Annandale, 1915)