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

Forcepia (Leptolabis) megachela (Maldonado, 1992)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Forcepia*	Carter, 1874	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Leptolabis megachela*	Maldonado, 1992	basionym
*Forcepia megachela*	(Maldonado, 1992)	synonym; alternate representation
*Leptolabis megachela*	Maldonado, 1992	synonym

Literature

original description	Maldonado, M. (1992). Demosponges of the red coral bottoms from the Alboran Sea. J. Nat. Hist. 26: 1131-1161

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Forcepia (Leptolabis) megachela (Maldonado, 1992). 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:168892