''Forcepia'' is a genus of
sponges
Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and ar ...
belonging to the family
Coelosphaeridae.
The genus has
cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, a cosmopolitan distribution is the range of a taxon that extends across most or all of the surface of the Earth, in appropriate habitats; most cosmopolitan species are known to be highly adaptable to a range of climatic and en ...
.
Species
Species from this genus are divided into two
subgenera
In biology, a subgenus ( subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between the ge ...
.
*Subgenus ''Forcepia'':
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Forcepia agglutinans''
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Forcepia arenosa''
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Forcepia azorica''
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Forcepia biceps''
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Forcepia colonensis''
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Forcepia crassanchorata''
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Forcepia dendyi''
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Forcepia elvini
''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species from this genus are divided into two subgenera.
*Subgenus ''Forcepia'':
:*'' Forcepia agglutinans''
:*'' For ...
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:*''
Forcepia fabricans
''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species from this genus are divided into two subgenera.
*Subgenus ''Forcepia'':
:*'' Forcepia agglutinans''
:*'' For ...
''
:*''
Forcepia fistulosa''
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Forcepia forcipis''
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Forcepia foresti''
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Forcepia fragilis
''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species from this genus are divided into two subgenera.
*Subgenus ''Forcepia'':
:*'' Forcepia agglutinans''
:*'' For ...
''
:*''
Forcepia grandisigmata
''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species from this genus are divided into two subgenera.
*Subgenus ''Forcepia'':
:*'' Forcepia agglutinans''
:*'' For ...
''
:*''
Forcepia groenlandica
''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species from this genus are divided into two subgenera.
*Subgenus ''Forcepia'':
:*'' Forcepia agglutinans''
:*'' For ...
''
:*''
Forcepia hartmani''
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Forcepia hymena''
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Forcepia imperfecta''
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Forcepia japonica''
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Forcepia koltuni''
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Forcepia lissa''
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Forcepia lundbecki''
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Forcepia macrostylosa''
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Forcepia mertoni''
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Forcepia minima''
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Forcepia psammophila''
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Forcepia solustylota''
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Forcepia stephensi''
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Forcepia thielei''
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Forcepia topsentii''
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Forcepia toxafera''
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Forcepia trilabis''
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Forcepia vansoesti''
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Forcepia volsella''
*Subgenus ''
Leptolabis'':
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Forcepia acanthostylosa''
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Forcepia apuliae''
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Forcepia assimilis''
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Forcepia australis
''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species from this genus are divided into two Subgenus, subgenera.
*Subgenus ''Forcepia'':
:*''Forcepia agglutinans''
...
''
:*''
Forcepia bilabifera''
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Forcepia brunnea''
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Forcepia convergens''
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Forcepia dentifera''
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Forcepia forcipula''
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Forcepia irritans''
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Forcepia luciensis''
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Forcepia megachela''
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Forcepia microlabis''
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Forcepia pustula''
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Forcepia tenuissima''
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Forcepia uschakowi
''Forcepia'' is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Coelosphaeridae.
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
Species from this genus are divided into two Subgenus, subgenera.
*Subgenus ''Forcepia'':
:*''Forcepia agglutinans''
...
''
:*''
Forcepia vermicola''
References
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Demospongiae
Sponge genera