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

Forcepia (Forcepia) fabricans (Schmidt, 1874)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Esperia Hübner, 1825

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Forcepia*	Carter, 1874	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Forcepia fabricans*	(Schmidt, 1874)	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

additional source	Tompkins, G.; Baker, E.; Anstey, L.; Walkusz, W.; Siferd, T.; Kenchington, E. (2017). Sponges from the 2010-2014 Paamiut Multispecies Trawl Surveys, Eastern Arctic and Subarctic: Class Demospongiae, Subclass Heteroscleromorpha, Order Poecilosclerida, Family Coelosphaeridae, Genera Forcepia and Lissodendoryx. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 3224: v + 129.
additional source	Dinn, C.; Leys, S.P. (2018). Field Guide to sponges of Eastern Canadian Arctic. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, T6G 2E9. 1-102.

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) fabricans (Schmidt, 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:168858