MSBIAS taxon details
Forcepia (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866)
168859 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168859)
accepted
Species
Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866) · alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) 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]
page(s): 244-246 [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 (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866). 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=168859 on 2026-07-30
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 (Forcepia) forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=168859 on 2026-07-30
original description
(of ) 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]
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 <i>Forcepia</i> and <i>Lissodendoryx</i>. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 3224: v + 129.
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 244-246 [details]
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 <i>Forcepia</i> and <i>Lissodendoryx</i>. <em>Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 3224: v + 129.
page(s): 23 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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 PESI (from synonym Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To PESI
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To PESI (from synonym Forcepia forcipis (Bowerbank, 1866))
To PESI