Forcepia

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

*Forcepia arenosa

*Forcepia azorica

*Forcepia biceps

*Forcepia colonensis

*Forcepia crassanchorata

*Forcepia dendyi

*Forcepia elvini

*Forcepia fabricans

*Forcepia fistulosa

*Forcepia forcipis

*Forcepia foresti

*Forcepia fragilis

*Forcepia grandisigmata

*Forcepia groenlandica

*Forcepia hartmani

*Forcepia hymena

*Forcepia imperfecta

*Forcepia japonica

*Forcepia koltuni

*Forcepia lissa

*Forcepia lundbecki

*Forcepia macrostylosa

*Forcepia mertoni

*Forcepia minima

*Forcepia psammophila

*Forcepia solustylota

*Forcepia stephensi

*Forcepia thielei

*Forcepia topsentii

*Forcepia toxafera

*Forcepia trilabis

*Forcepia vansoesti

*Forcepia volsella

• Subgenus Leptolabis:

*Forcepia acanthostylosa

*Forcepia apuliae

*Forcepia assimilis

*Forcepia australis

*Forcepia bilabifera

*Forcepia brunnea

*Forcepia convergens

*Forcepia dentifera

*Forcepia forcipula

*Forcepia irritans

*Forcepia luciensis

*Forcepia megachela

*Forcepia microlabis

*Forcepia pustula

*Forcepia tenuissima

*Forcepia uschakowi

*Forcepia vermicola

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