Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Poecilosclerida > Family Coelosphaeridae > Genus Forcepia

Forcepia (Leptolabis) Topsent, 1901

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Leptolabis Topsent, 1901

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Forcepia*	Carter, 1874	accepted genus name

Subgenus group names

*Clinolabis*	Topsent, 1927	synonym

Children

Forcepia (Leptolabis) apuliae (Sarà, 1969)
Forcepia (Leptolabis) assimilis (Lundbeck, 1910)
Forcepia (Leptolabis) brunnea (Topsent, 1904)
Forcepia (Leptolabis) convergens (Topsent, 1928)
Forcepia (Leptolabis) dentifera (Topsent, 1927)
Forcepia (Leptolabis) forcipula (Topsent, 1904)
Forcepia (Leptolabis) luciensis (Topsent, 1888)
Forcepia (Leptolabis) megachela (Maldonado, 1992)
Forcepia (Leptolabis) pustula (Fristedt, 1887)

Literature

original description	Topsent, E. (1901). Eponges nouvelles des Açores. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 14: 448-466.
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).

Genbank

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. Forcepia (Leptolabis) Topsent, 1901. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168882