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Forcepia (Trachyforcepia) Topsent, 1904 
AphiaID: 184545

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Myxillina (Suborder) > Coelosphaeridae (Family) > Forcepia (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Forcepia (Forcepia) Carter, 1874
Rank Subgenus
Typetaxon Forcepia groenlandica Fristedt, 1887 (type by original designation)
Parent Forcepia Carter, 1874
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1904b. Spongiaires des Açores. Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco 25: 1-280, pls 1-18. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2002. Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

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Species Forcepia (Trachyforcepia) vermicola Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 accepted as Forcepia (Leptolabis) vermicola Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184545
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-10 14:51:11Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-02-06 18:34:25Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Forcepia (Trachyforcepia) Topsent, 1904. 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. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=184545 on 2013-06-19
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