Forcepia (Forcepia) groenlandica
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
creator: Boury-Esnault, Nicole
date: 2026-08-02
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Forcepia (Forcepia) groenlandica Fristedt, 1887
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Forcepia (Forcepia) groenlandica Fristedt, 1887. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168864 on 2026-08-01
created: 2005-07-10T20:05:41Z
modified: 2017-08-18T17:25:06Z
replaces: 133382
replaces: 234455
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Forcepia (Forcepia) groenlandica Fristedt, 1887
class: Demospongiae
family: Coelosphaeridae
genus: Forcepia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Fristedt, K. (1887). Sponges from the Atlantic and Arctic Oceans and the Behring Sea. Vega-Expeditionens Vetenskap. Iakttagelser (Nordenskiöld) 4. 401-471, pls 22-31.
name published in year: 1887
order: Poecilosclerida
parent name usage ID: 168851
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: Fristedt, 1887
specific epithet: groenlandica
subgenus: Forcepia
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted