Deep-Sea taxon details
Forcepia (Forcepia) Carter, 1874
168851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168851)
accepted
Subgenus
Forcipina Vosmaer, 1885 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Wilsa de Laubenfels, 1930 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) fabricans (Schmidt, 1874)
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) foresti Lévi & Lévi, 1989
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) fragilis Stephens, 1917
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) hymena (de Laubenfels, 1930)
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) imperfecta Topsent, 1904
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) koltuni Lévi & Lévi, 1989
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) lundbecki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) macrostylosa Lee, 2001
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) thielei Lundbeck, 1905
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) topsentii Lundbeck, 1905
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) toxafera Cárdenas & Rapp, 2015
- Species Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipula (Lundbeck, 1905) accepted as Forcepia (Forcepia) lundbecki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Carter, H.J. (1874). 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; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964 [details] 
(of Forcepia Carter, 1874) Carter, H.J. (1874). 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; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964 [details]
(of Forcepia Carter, 1874) Carter, H.J. (1874). 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; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964 [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Forcepia (Forcepia) Carter, 1874. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168851 on 2026-06-30
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Forcepia (Forcepia) Carter, 1874. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168851 on 2026-06-30
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original description
Carter, H.J. (1874). 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; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964 [details]
original description (of Forcipina Vosmaer, 1885) Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). The Sponges of the 'Willem Barents' Expedition 1880 and 1881. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 12 (3): 1-47, pls I-V., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-01201001 [details]
original description (of Forcepia Carter, 1874) Carter, H.J. (1874). 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; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964 [details]
original description (of Wilsa de Laubenfels, 1930) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1930). The Sponges of California. (Abstracts of dissertations for the degree of doctor of philosophy. <em>Stanford University Bulletin.</em> 5(98): 24-29.
page(s): 27 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Wilsa de Laubenfels, 1930) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2927):1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2927.1
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_57 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
original description (of Forcipina Vosmaer, 1885) Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1885). The Sponges of the 'Willem Barents' Expedition 1880 and 1881. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 12 (3): 1-47, pls I-V., available online at https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-01201001 [details]
original description (of Forcepia Carter, 1874) Carter, H.J. (1874). 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; with Figures and Descriptions of some remarkable Spicules from the Agulhas Shoal and Colon, Panama. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 14 (79): 207-221, 245-257, pls.XIII-XV., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964 [details]
original description (of Wilsa de Laubenfels, 1930) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1930). The Sponges of California. (Abstracts of dissertations for the degree of doctor of philosophy. <em>Stanford University Bulletin.</em> 5(98): 24-29.
page(s): 27 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Wilsa de Laubenfels, 1930) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. <em>Proceedings of the United States National Museum.</em> 81 (2927):1-140., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2927.1
page(s): 72 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). , available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_57 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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