MSBIAS taxon details
Forcepia Carter, 1874
131921 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131921)
accepted
Genus
- Subgenus Forcepia (Forcepia) Carter, 1874
- Subgenus Forcepia (Leptolabis) Topsent, 1901
- Species Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) (subgenus assignment)
- Species Forcepia fragilis Stephens, 1917 represented as Forcepia (Forcepia) fragilis Stephens, 1917 (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
feminine
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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Forcepia Carter, 1874. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131921 on 2026-07-13
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Forcepia Carter, 1874. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131921 on 2026-07-13
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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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937408680964 [details]
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
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]
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
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
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]
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
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