Forcepia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Demospongiae
Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha
Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Coelosphaeridae
Genus: Forcepia
Subgenera (2): F. (Forcepia) – F. (Leptolabis)

Name

Type species: Forcepia colonensis Carter, 1874, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

  • 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. Annals and Magazine of Natural History Series 4, 14(79): 207–221, 245–257, pls. XIII–XV.
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