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

Forcepia (Forcepia) Carter, 1874

Rank: Subgenus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Forcepia*	Carter, 1874	accepted genus name

Subgenus group names

*Ectoforcepia*	Cabioch, 1968	synonym

Children

Forcepia (Forcepia) fabricans (Schmidt, 1874)
Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866)
Forcepia (Forcepia) fragilis Stephens, 1917
Forcepia (Forcepia) groenlandica Fristedt, 1887
Forcepia (Forcepia) imperfecta Topsent, 1904
Forcepia (Forcepia) lundbecki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Forcepia (Forcepia) psammophila (Cabioch, 1968)
Forcepia (Forcepia) thielei Lundbeck, 1905
Forcepia (Forcepia) topsentii Lundbeck, 1905

Literature

original description	Carter, H.J. (1874). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-sea Sponges and their Spicules from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV.
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).
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).

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 (Forcepia) Carter, 1874. 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:168851