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

Forcepia (Leptolabis) megachela (Maldonado, 1992)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Leptolabis Topsent, 1901

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Forcepia*	Carter, 1874	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Forcepia megachela*	(Maldonado, 1992)	synonym; alternate representation

Literature

basis of record	Bertolino, M.; Ricci, S.; Canese, S.; Cau, A.; Bavestrello, G.; Pansini, M.; Bo, M. (2019). Diversity of the sponge fauna associated with white coral banks from two Sardinian canyons (Mediterranean Sea). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 1-17.

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) megachela (Maldonado, 1992). 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:168892