Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Myxillina > Family Hymedesmiidae > Genus Phorbas

Phorbas mercator (Schmidt, 1868)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Phorbas*	Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864	accepted genus name
*Anchinoe*	Gray, 1867	synonym
*Plumohalichondria*	Carter, 1876	synonym
*Pronax*	Gray, 1867	synonym
*Pronaxella*	Burton, 1931	synonym
*Stylostichon*	Topsent, 1892	synonym
*Suberotelites*	Schmidt, 1868	synonym

Literature

original description	Schmidt, O. 1868. Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V.
basis of record	Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Hymedesmiidae. In:Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera, a guide to the classification of sponges. Pp 575-593. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York.
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: pp. 85-103

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Phorbas mercator. 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:133682