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Deep-Sea taxon details

Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866)

168859  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168859)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Demospongiae (Class)
  5. Heteroscleromorpha (Subclass)
  6. Poecilosclerida (Order)
  7. Coelosphaeridae (Family)
  8. Forcepia (Genus)
  9. Forcepia (Forcepia) (Subgenus)
  10. Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Species)
accepted
Species
Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Halichondria forcipis Bowerbank, 1866 · alternative representation (genus transfer)
Halichondria forcipis var. bulbosa Carter, 1876 · 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] OpenAccess publication
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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866). 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=168859 on 2025-05-25
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168859 on 2025-05-25
Date
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
created
db_admin
2007-09-08 14:05:10Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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] OpenAccess publication

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). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (4) 18(105): 226-240; (106): 307-324; (107): 388-410;(108): 458-479, pls XII-XVI.
page(s): 312-313 [details] OpenAccess publication

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 Forcepia and Lissodendoryx. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 3224: v + 129.
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
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To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) (from synonym Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
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 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)
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