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

Phorbas microchelifer (Cabioch, 1968)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Stylostichon Topsent, 1892

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phorbas*	Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864	accepted genus name
*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

Literature

basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M.; Picton, B.E.; Morrow, C. (2000). Sponges of the North East Atlantic. In: World Biodiversity Database CD-ROM Series, Windows/Mac version 1.0. (ETI, University of Amsterdam:Amsterdam), available online at http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=sponges&id=104&menuentry=soorten.
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.
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.

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 microchelifer (Cabioch, 1968). 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:133683