Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Myxillina > Family Coelosphaeridae > Genus Forcepia > Subgenus Forcepia (Forcepia)

Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

ForcepiaCarter, 1874accepted genus name

Species group names

Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866 basionym; alternate representation
Halichondria forcipis var. bulbosa Carter, 1876 basionym
Forcepia bulbosa (Carter, 1876) synonym
Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) synonym; alternate representation
Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866 synonym; alternate representation
Halichondria forcipis var. bulbosa Carter, 1876 synonym

Literature

original description

Bowerbank, J.S. 1866a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168859

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2007-09-08 by Rob van Soest

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