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

Phorbas tenacior (Topsent, 1925)

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

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: blauwige korstspons

English: bluish encrusting sponge sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

French: éponge encroûtante bleuâtre sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: blauer Krustenschwamm sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Italian: spugna incostante blu sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

Spanish, Castillian: esponja incrustante azul

Literature

original description	Topsent, E. 1925c. Étude des Spongiaires du Golfe de Naples. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale 63(5): 623-725, pl. VIII.
additional source	Mustapha, K.B., Zarrouk, S., Souissi, A., ; El Abed, A. 2003. Diversité des Démosponges Tunisiennes. Bull. Inst. Natn. Scien. Tech. Mer de Salammbô. Vol. 30
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

Taxon found in 2 publications.

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Phorbas tenacior (Topsent, 1925). 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:133693