WoRMS taxon details
Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866)
168859 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168859)
accepted
Species
Esperia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted
Forcepia bulbosa (Carter, 1876) · unaccepted (subgenus assignment & junior synonym)
Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Forcipina forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Halichondria bulbosa Carter, 1876 · alternative representation (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866 · alternative representation (genus transfer)
Halichondria forcipis var. bulbosa Carter, 1876 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Myxilla forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 244-246 [details]
page(s): 244-246 [details]
Type locality contained in North Sea
type locality contained in North Sea [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168859 on 2026-01-12
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 244-246 [details]
original description (of Halichondria forcipis var. bulbosa Carter, 1876) Carter, H.J. (1876). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-Sea Sponges and their Spicules, from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869 (concluded). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI.
page(s): 312-313 [details]
page(s): 244-246 [details]
original description (of Halichondria forcipis var. bulbosa Carter, 1876) Carter, H.J. (1876). Descriptions and Figures of Deep-Sea Sponges and their Spicules, from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up on board H.M.S.‘Porcupine', chiefly in 1869 (concluded). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI.
page(s): 312-313 [details]
Other
additional source
Tompkins, G.; Baker, E.; Anstey, L.; Walkusz, W.; Siferd, T.; Kenchington, E. (2017). Sponges from the 2010-2014 Paamiut Multispecies Trawl Surveys, Eastern Arctic and Subarctic: Class Demospongiae, Subclass Heteroscleromorpha, Order Poecilosclerida, Family Coelosphaeridae, Genera <i>Forcepia</i> and <i>Lissodendoryx</i>. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 3224: v + 129.
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Halichondria bulbosa Carter, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Forcipina forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Myxilla forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Esperia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Forcepia bulbosa (Carter, 1876))
To PESI (from synonym Forcepia bulbosa (Carter, 1876))
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria forcipis var. bulbosa Carter, 1876)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Halichondria bulbosa Carter, 1876)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Forcipina forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Myxilla forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Esperia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Forcepia bulbosa (Carter, 1876))
To PESI (from synonym Forcepia bulbosa (Carter, 1876))
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To PESI (from synonym Halichondria forcipis var. bulbosa Carter, 1876)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) (from synonym Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866)
