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Forcepia Carter, 1874

131921  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131921)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Coelosphaeridae (Family)
  8. Forcepia (Genus)
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  1. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) agglutinans Burton, 1933
  2. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) arenosa Hentschel, 1911
  3. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) azorica Lundbeck, 1905
  4. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) biceps (Carter, 1886)
  5. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) colonensis Carter, 1874
  6. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) crassanchorata Carter, 1885
  7. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) dendyi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  8. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) elvini Lee, 2001
  9. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) fabricans (Schmidt, 1874)
  10. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) fistulosa van Soest, 2009
  11. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866)
  12. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) foresti Lévi & Lévi, 1989
  13. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) fragilis Stephens, 1917
  14. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) grandisigmata van Soest, 1984
  15. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) groenlandica Fristedt, 1887
  16. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) hartmani Lee, 2001
  17. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) hymena (de Laubenfels, 1930)
  18. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) imperfecta Topsent, 1904
  19. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) japonica Koltun, 1959
  20. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) koltuni Lévi & Lévi, 1989
  21. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) lissa (de Laubenfels, 1954)
  22. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) lundbecki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
  23. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) macrostylosa Lee, 2001
  24. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) mertoni Hentschel, 1912
  25. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) minima van Soest, 2009
  26. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) psammophila (Cabioch, 1968)
  27. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) solustylota Hoshino, 1977
  28. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) stephensi Dendy, 1922
  29. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) thielei Lundbeck, 1905
  30. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) topsentii Lundbeck, 1905
  31. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) toxafera Cárdenas & Rapp, 2015
  32. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) trilabis (Boury-Esnault, 1973)
  33. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) vansoesti Lim, de Voogd & Tan, 2012
  34. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) volsella Topsent, 1928
  35. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) acanthostylosa Lee, 2001
  36. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) apuliae (Sarà, 1969)
  37. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) assimilis (Lundbeck, 1910)
  38. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) australis (Lévi, 1963)
  39. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) bilabifera (Burton, 1935)
  40. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) brunnea (Topsent, 1904)
  41. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) convergens (Topsent, 1928)
  42. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) dentifera (Topsent, 1927)
  43. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) forcipula (Topsent, 1904)
  44. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) irritans (Thiele, 1905)
  45. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) luciensis (Topsent, 1888)
  46. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) megachela (Maldonado, 1992)
  47. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) microlabis van Soest, 2009
  48. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) pustula (Fristedt, 1887)
  49. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) tenuissima (Hentschel, 1911)
  50. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) uschakowi (Burton, 1935)
  51. Species Forcepia (Leptolabis) vermicola Lehnert & van Soest, 1996
  52. Species Forcepia carteri Hinde & Holmes, 1892 †
  53. Species Forcepia vosmaeri Hinde & Holmes, 1892 †
  54. Species Forcepia (Ectoforcepia) grandisigmata Van Soest, 1984 accepted as Forcepia (Forcepia) grandisigmata van Soest, 1984 (subgenus transfer)
  55. Species Forcepia (Ectoforcepia) trilabis (Boury-Esnault, 1973) accepted as Forcepia (Forcepia) trilabis (Boury-Esnault, 1973) (subgenus transfer)
  56. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) acanthostylosa Lee, 2001 accepted as Forcepia (Leptolabis) acanthostylosa Lee, 2001
  57. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) carteri Dendy, 1896 accepted as Forcepia (Forcepia) dendyi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  58. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipula (Lundbeck, 1905) accepted as Forcepia (Forcepia) lundbecki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  59. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) pustula (Fristedt, 1887) accepted as Forcepia (Leptolabis) pustula (Fristedt, 1887) (subgenus transfer)
  60. Species Forcepia (Forcepia) versatilis Topsent, 1890 accepted as Lycopodina versatilis (Topsent, 1890) (genus transfer)
  61. Species Forcepia (Trachyforcepia) vermicola Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 accepted as Forcepia (Leptolabis) vermicola Lehnert & van Soest, 1996 (subgenus transfer)
  62. Species Forcepia bulbosa (Carter, 1876) accepted as Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) (subgenus assignment & junior synonym)
  63. Species Forcepia carteri Dendy, 1896 accepted as Forcepia (Forcepia) dendyi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (preoccupied)
  64. Species Forcepia exilis (Topsent, 1892) accepted as Forcepia (Leptolabis) luciensis (Topsent, 1888) (subgenus assignment and junior synonym)
  65. Species Forcepia forcipula (Lundbeck, 1905) accepted as Forcepia (Forcepia) lundbecki Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 (subgenus assignment and preoccupied)
  66. Species Forcepia michaelseni Hentschel, 1911 accepted as Forcepia (Forcepia) biceps (Carter, 1886) (junior synonym)
  67. Species Forcepia trilabis sensu van Soest, 1984 accepted as Forcepia (Forcepia) colonensis Carter, 1874 (junior synonym)
  68. Species Forcepia versatilis Topsent, 1890 accepted as Lycopodina versatilis (Topsent, 1890) (genus transfer)
  69. Species Forcepia acanthostylosa Lee, 2001 represented as Forcepia (Leptolabis) acanthostylosa Lee, 2001 (subgenus assignment)
  70. Species Forcepia agglutinans Burton, 1933 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) agglutinans Burton, 1933 (subgenus assignment)
  71. Species Forcepia arenosa Hentschel, 1911 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) arenosa Hentschel, 1911 (subgenus assignment)
  72. Species Forcepia assimilis (Lundbeck, 1910) represented as Forcepia (Leptolabis) assimilis (Lundbeck, 1910) (subgenus assignment)
  73. Species Forcepia azorica Lundbeck, 1905 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) azorica Lundbeck, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
  74. Species Forcepia bilabifera (Burton, 1935) represented as Forcepia (Leptolabis) bilabifera (Burton, 1935) (subgenus assignment)
  75. Species Forcepia brunnea (Topsent, 1904) represented as Forcepia (Leptolabis) brunnea (Topsent, 1904) (subgenus assignment)
  76. Species Forcepia colonensis Carter, 1874 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) colonensis Carter, 1874 (subgenus assignment)
  77. Species Forcepia convergens (Topsent, 1928) represented as Forcepia (Leptolabis) convergens (Topsent, 1928) (subgenus assignment)
  78. Species Forcepia crassanchorata Carter, 1885 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) crassanchorata Carter, 1885 (subgenus assignment)
  79. Species Forcepia dentifera (Topsent, 1927) represented as Forcepia (Leptolabis) dentifera (Topsent, 1927) (subgenus assignment)
  80. Species Forcepia elvini Lee, 2001 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) elvini Lee, 2001 (subgenus assignment)
  81. Species Forcepia fabricans (Schmidt, 1874) represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) fabricans (Schmidt, 1874) (subgenus assignment)
  82. Species Forcepia fistulosa van Soest, 2009 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) fistulosa van Soest, 2009 (subgenus assignment)
  83. Species Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) (subgenus assignment)
  84. Species Forcepia foresti Lévi & Lévi, 1989 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) foresti Lévi & Lévi, 1989 (subgenus assignment)
  85. Species Forcepia fragilis Stephens, 1917 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) fragilis Stephens, 1917 (subgenus assignment)
  86. Species Forcepia grandisigmata van Soest, 1984 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) grandisigmata van Soest, 1984 (subgenus assignment)
  87. Species Forcepia groenlandica Fristedt, 1887 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) groenlandica Fristedt, 1887 (subgenus assignment)
  88. Species Forcepia hartmani Lee, 2001 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) hartmani Lee, 2001 (subgenus assignment)
  89. Species Forcepia imperfecta Topsent, 1904 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) imperfecta Topsent, 1904 (subgenus assignment)
  90. Species Forcepia japonica Koltun, 1959 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) japonica Koltun, 1959 (subgenus assignment)
  91. Species Forcepia koltuni Lévi & Lévi, 1989 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) koltuni Lévi & Lévi, 1989 (subgenus assignment)
  92. Species Forcepia luciensis (Topsent, 1888) represented as Forcepia (Leptolabis) luciensis (Topsent, 1888) (subgenus assignment)
  93. Species Forcepia macrostylosa Lee, 2001 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) macrostylosa Lee, 2001 (subgenus assignment)
  94. Species Forcepia megachela (Maldonado, 1992) represented as Forcepia (Leptolabis) megachela (Maldonado, 1992) (subgenus assignment)
  95. Species Forcepia mertoni Hentschel, 1912 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) mertoni Hentschel, 1912 (subgenus assignment)
  96. Species Forcepia microlabis van Soest, 2009 represented as Forcepia (Leptolabis) microlabis van Soest, 2009 (subgenus assignment)
  97. Species Forcepia minima van Soest, 2009 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) minima van Soest, 2009 (subgenus assignment)
  98. Species Forcepia psammophila (Cabioch, 1968) represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) psammophila (Cabioch, 1968) (subgenus assignment)
  99. Species Forcepia solustylota Hoshino, 1977 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) solustylota Hoshino, 1977 (subgenus assignment)
  100. Species Forcepia stephensi Dendy, 1922 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) stephensi Dendy, 1922 (subgenus assignment)
  101. Species Forcepia tenuissima (Hentschel, 1911) represented as Forcepia (Leptolabis) tenuissima (Hentschel, 1911) (subgenus assignment)
  102. Species Forcepia thielei Lundbeck, 1905 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) thielei Lundbeck, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
  103. Species Forcepia topsentii Lundbeck, 1905 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) topsentii Lundbeck, 1905 (subgenus assignment)
  104. Species Forcepia uschakowi (Burton, 1935) represented as Forcepia (Leptolabis) uschakowi (Burton, 1935) (subgenus assignment)
  105. Species Forcepia volsella Topsent, 1928 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) volsella Topsent, 1928 (subgenus assignment)
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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. [details] OpenAccess publication
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 Carter, 1874. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131921 on 2025-06-13
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2006-12-19 19:26:15Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2020-03-02 10:28:25Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2020-12-13 10:31:54Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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. [details] OpenAccess publication

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). [details] Full text PDF

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  PDF available [request]

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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