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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Tetractinellida |
| Family: | Thoosidae |
| Genus: | Thoosa Hancock, 1849[1] |
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Thoosa is a genus of sea sponges in the family Thoosidae.[1] This genus is known for boring holes in corals.[2] It contains sixteen described species.
- ^ a b Boury-Esnault, N., van Soest, R. (2014). Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J (eds.). "Thoosa Hancock, 1849". World Porifera Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
- ^ Hooper, John N. A.; van Soest, R.W.M., eds. (2002). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers. ISBN 978-0-30647260-2.