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

Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Anchinoe*	Gray, 1867	synonym
*Plumohalichondria*	Carter, 1876	synonym
*Pronax*	sensu Gray, 1867: 536	synonym
*Pronaxella*	Burton, 1931	synonym
*Stylostichon*	Topsent, 1892	synonym
*Suberotelites*	Schmidt, 1868	synonym

Children

Phorbas amaranthus Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
Phorbas baffini (Brøndsted, 1933)
Phorbas bergmontae Hajdu & Teixeira, 2011
Phorbas bihamiger (Waller, 1878)
Phorbas claviger (Levinsen, 1887)
Phorbas demonstrans (Topsent, 1890)
Phorbas dendyi (Topsent, 1890)
Phorbas dives (Topsent, 1891)
Phorbas equiosculatus (Pansini, 1987)
Phorbas fibulatus (Topsent, 1893)
Phorbas fictitius (Bowerbank, 1866)
Phorbas kovdaicum (Rezvoi, 1925)
Phorbas lieberkuehni (Burton, 1930)
Phorbas mercator (Schmidt, 1868)
Phorbas microchelifer (Cabioch, 1968)
Phorbas osculosus (Topsent, 1892)
Phorbas papillosus (Arnesen, 1903)
Phorbas perarmatus (Bowerbank, 1866)
Phorbas plumosus (Montagu, 1814)
Phorbas posidoni Voultsiadou-Koukoura & van Soest, 1991
Phorbas punctatus Picton & Goodwin, 2007
Phorbas repens (Topsent, 1904)
Phorbas roemeri (Hentschel, 1929)
Phorbas tailliezi Vacelet & Pérez, 2008
Phorbas tenacior (Topsent, 1925)
Phorbas topsenti Vacelet & Pérez, 2008

Literature

original description	Duchassaing de Fonbressin, P.; Michelotti, G. (1864). Spongiaires de la mer Caraibe. Natuurkundige verhandelingen van de Hollandsche maatschappij der wetenschappen te Haarlem. 21(2): 1-124, pls I-XXV.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.
additional source	Clarke, Andrew; Johnston, Nadine M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanography and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 41: 47-114.

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. Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864. 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:131953