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Forcepia (Leptolabis) assimilis
(Lundbeck, 1910)
AphiaID
168885
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168885)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Porifera
Demospongiae
Heteroscleromorpha
Poecilosclerida
Coelosphaeridae
Forcepia
Forcepia (Leptolabis)
Forcepia (Leptolabis) assimilis
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Forcepia (Leptolabis)
Topsent, 1901
Original name
Leptolabis assimilis
Lundbeck, 1910
Synonymised names
Forcepia assimilis
(Lundbeck, 1910)
·
alternative representation
(subgenus assignment)
Leptolabis assimilis
Lundbeck, 1910
·
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Leptolabis assimilis
Lundbeck, 1910
)
Lundbeck, W. (1910). Porifera. (Part III.) Desmacidonidae. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 6(3): 1-124.
page(s): 122-124
[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 (Leptolabis) assimilis
(Lundbeck, 1910). 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=168885 on 2026-07-16
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Forcepia (Leptolabis) assimilis
(Lundbeck, 1910). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=168885 on 2026-07-16
Taxonomic edit history
Date
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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db_admin
2010-05-24 12:36:33Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2014-03-26 10:47:00Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Sources (1)
Documented distribution (1)
Attributes (5)
Links (4)
original description
(of
Leptolabis assimilis
Lundbeck, 1910
)
Lundbeck, W. (1910). Porifera. (Part III.) Desmacidonidae. <em>The Danish Ingolf-Expedition.</em> 6(3): 1-124.
page(s): 122-124
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Definitions
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
(from synonym
Leptolabis assimilis
Lundbeck, 1910
)
To PESI
(from synonym
Leptolabis assimilis
Lundbeck, 1910
)
To PESI
To PESI
(from synonym
Forcepia assimilis
(Lundbeck, 1910)
)