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Forcepia (Forcepia) mertoni
Hentschel, 1912
AphiaID
168872
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168872)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Demospongiae
(Class)
Heteroscleromorpha
(Subclass)
Poecilosclerida
(Order)
Coelosphaeridae
(Family)
Forcepia
(Genus)
Forcepia (Forcepia)
(Subgenus)
Forcepia (Forcepia) mertoni
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Forcepia (Forcepia)
Carter, 1874
Original name
Forcepia mertoni
Hentschel, 1912
Synonymised names
Forcepia mertoni
Hentschel, 1912
·
alternative representation
(subgenus assignment)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Forcepia mertoni
Hentschel, 1912
)
Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.85325
[details]
Type data
Holotype
(of
Forcepia mertoni Hentschel, 1912
) SMF...
Holotype
(of
Forcepia mertoni Hentschel, 1912
) SMF 965, geounit Arafura Sea
[details]
Taxonomic citation
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) mertoni
Hentschel, 1912. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=168872 on 2026-09-23
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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db_admin
2010-05-24 12:36:33Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.
2017-08-19 08:18:18Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (2)
Specimens (1)
Attributes (5)
Links (1)
original description
(of
Forcepia mertoni
Hentschel, 1912
)
Hentschel, E. (1912). Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Aru- und Kei-Inseln. <em>Abhandlungen herausgegeben von der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft.</em> 34 (3): 293-448, pls 13-21.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.85325
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Holotype
(of
Forcepia mertoni Hentschel, 1912
) SMF 965, geounit Arafura Sea
[details]
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Definitions
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
(from synonym
Forcepia mertoni
Hentschel, 1912
)
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