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Forcepia megachela (Maldonado, 1992)

133385 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:133385)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Porifera
  4. Demospongiae
  5. Heteroscleromorpha
  6. Poecilosclerida
  7. Coelosphaeridae
  8. Forcepia
  9. Forcepia megachela
alternative representation (subgenus assignment)
Forcepia (Leptolabis) megachela (Maldonado, 1992)
Species
Forcepia Carter, 1874
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Leptolabis megachela Maldonado, 1992) Maldonado, M. (1992). Demosponges of the red coral bottoms from the Alboran Sea. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 26: 1131-1161. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939200770661
page(s): 1151-1152; fig 10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
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 megachela (Maldonado, 1992). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marbef.org//www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=133385 on 2026-07-17
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Forcepia megachela (Maldonado, 1992). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=133385 on 2026-07-17
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2007-04-02 17:42:35Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

original description (of Leptolabis megachela Maldonado, 1992) Maldonado, M. (1992). Demosponges of the red coral bottoms from the Alboran Sea. <em>Journal of Natural History.</em> 26: 1131-1161. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939200770661
page(s): 1151-1152; fig 10 [details] Available for editors  PDF available
 
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