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Porifera taxon details

Forcepia (Leptolabis) megachela (Maldonado, 1992)

168892  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168892)

  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 (Leptolabis) (Subgenus)
  10. Forcepia (Leptolabis) megachela (Species)
accepted
Species
Forcepia megachela (Maldonado, 1992) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Leptolabis megachela Maldonado, 1992 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Leptolabis megachela Maldonado, 1992) Maldonado, M. (1992). Demosponges of the red coral bottoms from the Alboran Sea. Journal of Natural History. 26: 1131-1161. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1151-1152; fig 10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
Holotype  (of Leptolabis megachela Maldonado, 1992)...  
Holotype (of Leptolabis megachela Maldonado, 1992) MNCN 01.01/4, geounit Alboran Sea [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 (Leptolabis) megachela (Maldonado, 1992). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=168892 on 2025-05-20
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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2010-05-24 12:36:33Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description (of Leptolabis megachela Maldonado, 1992) Maldonado, M. (1992). Demosponges of the red coral bottoms from the Alboran Sea. Journal of Natural History. 26: 1131-1161. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1151-1152; fig 10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Bertolino, M.; Ricci, S.; Canese, S.; Cau, A.; Bavestrello, G.; Pansini, M.; Bo, M. (2019). Diversity of the sponge fauna associated with white coral banks from two Sardinian canyons (Mediterranean Sea). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 1-17., available online at https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-marine-biological-association-of-the-united-kingdom/article/diversity-of-the-sponge-fauna-associated-with-white-coral-banks-from-two-sardinian-canyons-mediterranean-sea/EC55C7938774CEE3BE337FC9EE80350
page(s): 7-8 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Leptolabis megachela Maldonado, 1992) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication
 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

  • Type locality
  • type locality contained in Alboran Sea [from synonym] [details]
  • From editor or global species database
  • Western Mediterranean
  • Unreviewed
  • North Atlantic Ocean
Holotype (of Leptolabis megachela Maldonado, 1992) MNCN 01.01/4, geounit Alboran Sea [details]
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