World Porifera Database - Species - Thoosa radiata Topsent, 1887

Porifera taxon details

Thoosa radiata Topsent, 1887

AphiaID

234366 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234366)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Thoosa Hancock, 1849

Original name

Thoosa radiata Topsent, 1887

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Topsent, E. (1888). Contribution à l'étude des Clionides. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. supplement 2 (5 bis) mém IV: 1-165, pls I-VII. [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Thoosa radiata Topsent, 1887. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=234366 on 2026-08-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-10 07:36:39Z

created

Wambiji, Nina

2006-11-16 08:37:38Z

changed

Samaai, Toufiek

2010-06-02 08:32:12Z

checked

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Topsent, E. (1888). Contribution à l'étude des Clionides. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale. supplement 2 (5 bis) mém IV: 1-165, pls I-VII. [details]

additional source Thomas, P.A. (1981). A second collection of marine Demospongiae from Mahe Island in the Seychelles Bank (Indian Ocean). Annales du Musée royal de l'Afrique centrale, Tervuren. Sciences zoologiques. 233: 1-63.
page(s): 35-36 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unknown type MNHN DT 2562 [details]

From regional or thematic species database

Specimen Reg no. 1555 one coral infested with this sponge [details]

Definitions