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

*Forcepia*	Carter, 1874	accepted 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

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