# Forcepia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Forcepia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Forcepia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forcepia > Source revision: 1288520285 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Genus of sponges}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = Forcepia (Forcepia) vansoesti.jpg |image_caption = ''Forcepia vansoesti'' |taxon = Forcepia |authority = [Carter](/source/Herbert_James_Carter), 1874 }} '''''Forcepia''''' is a genus of [sponges](/source/sponges) belonging to the family [Coelosphaeridae](/source/Coelosphaeridae).{{cite web |title=Forcepia Carter, 1874 |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/2241017 |website=www.gbif.org |access-date=10 June 2021 |language=en}} The genus has [cosmopolitan distribution](/source/cosmopolitan_distribution). ==Species== Species from this genus are divided into two [subgenera](/source/Subgenus).{{cite worms|author=van Soest, Rob W.M. |year=2020 |title=Forcepia |id=131921 |access-date=3 May 2025}} *Subgenus ''Forcepia'': :*''[Forcepia agglutinans](/source/Forcepia_agglutinans)'' {{small|[Burton](/source/Maurice_Burton), 1933}} :*''[Forcepia arenosa](/source/Forcepia_arenosa)'' {{small|[Hentschel](/source/Ernst_Hentschel), 1933}} :*''[Forcepia azorica](/source/Forcepia_azorica)'' {{small|[Lundbeck](/source/William_Lundbeck), 1905}} :*''[Forcepia biceps](/source/Forcepia_biceps)'' {{small|([Carter](/source/Herbert_James_Carter), 1886)}} :*''[Forcepia colonensis](/source/Forcepia_colonensis)'' {{small|[Carter](/source/Herbert_James_Carter), 1874}} :*''[Forcepia crassanchorata](/source/Forcepia_crassanchorata)'' {{small|[Carter](/source/Herbert_James_Carter), 1885}} :*''[Forcepia dendyi](/source/Forcepia_dendyi)'' {{small|[van Soest](/source/Rob_van_Soest) & [Hooper](/source/John_Hooper_(marine_biologist)), 2020}} :*''[Forcepia elvini](/source/Forcepia_elvini)'' {{small|[Lee](/source/Welton_Lee), 2001}} :*''[Forcepia fabricans](/source/Forcepia_fabricans)'' {{small|[Schmidt](/source/Eduard_Oscar_Schmidt), 1874}} :*''[Forcepia fistulosa](/source/Forcepia_fistulosa)'' {{small|[van Soest](/source/Rob_van_Soest), 2009}} :*''[Forcepia forcipis](/source/Forcepia_forcipis)'' {{small|([Bowerbank](/source/James_Scott_Bowerbank), 1866)}} :*''[Forcepia foresti](/source/Forcepia_foresti)'' {{small|[Lévi](/source/Claude_L%C3%A9vi) & [Lévi](/source/Pierrette_L%C3%A9vi), 1989}} :*''[Forcepia fragilis](/source/Forcepia_fragilis)'' {{small|[Stephens](/source/Jane_Stephens), 1917}} :*''[Forcepia grandisigmata](/source/Forcepia_grandisigmata)'' {{small|[van Soest](/source/Rob_van_Soest), 1984}} :*''[Forcepia groenlandica](/source/Forcepia_groenlandica)'' {{small|[Fristedt](/source/Konrad_Fristedt), 1887}} :*''[Forcepia hartmani](/source/Forcepia_hartmani)'' {{small|[Lee](/source/Welton_Lee), 2001}} :*''[Forcepia hymena](/source/Forcepia_hymena)'' {{small|([de Laubenfels](/source/Max_Walker_de_Laubenfels), 1930)}} :*''[Forcepia imperfecta](/source/Forcepia_imperfecta)'' {{small|[Topsent](/source/%C3%89mile_Topsent), 1904}} :*''[Forcepia japonica](/source/Forcepia_japonica)'' {{small|[Koltun](/source/Vladimir_Mikhailovich_Koltun), 1959}} :*''[Forcepia koltuni](/source/Forcepia_koltuni)'' {{small|[Lévi](/source/Claude_L%C3%A9vi) & [Lévi](/source/Pierrette_L%C3%A9vi), 1989}} :*''[Forcepia lissa](/source/Forcepia_lissa)'' {{small|([de Laubenfels](/source/Max_Walker_de_Laubenfels), 1954)}} :*''[Forcepia lundbecki](/source/Forcepia_lundbecki)'' {{small|[van Soest](/source/Rob_van_Soest) & [Hooper](/source/John_Hooper_(marine_biologist)), 2020}} :*''[Forcepia macrostylosa](/source/Forcepia_macrostylosa)'' {{small|[Lee](/source/Welton_Lee), 2001}} :*''[Forcepia mertoni](/source/Forcepia_mertoni)'' {{small|[Hentschel](/source/Ernst_Hentschel), 1912}} :*''[Forcepia minima](/source/Forcepia_minima)'' {{small|[van Soest](/source/Rob_van_Soest), 2009}} :*''[Forcepia psammophila](/source/Forcepia_psammophila)'' {{small|(Cabioch, 1968)}} :*''[Forcepia solustylota](/source/Forcepia_solustylota)'' {{small|Hoshino, 1977}} :*''[Forcepia stephensi](/source/Forcepia_stephensi)'' {{small|[Dendy](/source/Arthur_Dendy), 1922}} :*''[Forcepia thielei](/source/Forcepia_thielei)'' {{small|[Lundbeck](/source/William_Lundbeck), 1905}} :*''[Forcepia topsentii](/source/Forcepia_topsentii)'' {{small|[Lundbeck](/source/William_Lundbeck), 1905}} :*''[Forcepia toxafera](/source/Forcepia_toxafera)'' {{small|[Cárdenas](/source/Paco_C%C3%A1rdenas) & [Rapp](/source/Hans_Tore_Rapp), 2015}} :*''[Forcepia trilabis](/source/Forcepia_trilabis)'' {{small|([Boury-Esnault](/source/Nicole_Boury-Esnault), 1973)}} :*''[Forcepia vansoesti](/source/Forcepia_vansoesti)'' {{small|[Lim](/source/Swee-Cheng_Lim), [de Voogd](/source/Nicole_de_Voogd), & [Tan](/source/Koh_Siang_Tan), 2012}} :*''[Forcepia volsella](/source/Forcepia_volsella)'' {{small|[Topsent](/source/%C3%89mile_Topsent), 1928}} *Subgenus ''[Leptolabis](/source/Leptolabis)'': :*''[Forcepia acanthostylosa](/source/Forcepia_acanthostylosa)'' {{small|[Lee](/source/Welton_Lee), 2001}} :*''[Forcepia apuliae](/source/Forcepia_apuliae)'' {{small|([Sarà](/source/Michele_Sar%C3%A0), 1969)}} :*''[Forcepia assimilis](/source/Forcepia_assimilis)'' {{small|([Lundbeck](/source/William_Lundbeck), 1910)}} :*''[Forcepia australis](/source/Forcepia_australis)'' {{small|([Lévi](/source/Claude_L%C3%A9vi), 1963)}} :*''[Forcepia bilabifera](/source/Forcepia_bilabifera)'' {{small|([Burton](/source/Maurice_Burton), 1935)}} :*''[Forcepia brunnea](/source/Forcepia_brunnea)'' {{small|([Topsent](/source/%C3%89mile_Topsent), 1904)}} :*''[Forcepia convergens](/source/Forcepia_convergens)'' {{small|([Topsent](/source/%C3%89mile_Topsent), 1928)}} :*''[Forcepia dentifera](/source/Forcepia_dentifera)'' {{small|([Topsent](/source/%C3%89mile_Topsent), 1927)}} :*''[Forcepia forcipula](/source/Forcepia_forcipula)'' {{small|([Topsent](/source/%C3%89mile_Topsent), 1904)}} :*''[Forcepia irritans](/source/Forcepia_irritans)'' {{small|([Thiele](/source/Johannes_Thiele_(zoologist)), 1905)}} :*''[Forcepia luciensis](/source/Forcepia_luciensis)'' {{small|([Topsent](/source/%C3%89mile_Topsent), 1888)}} :*''[Forcepia megachela](/source/Forcepia_megachela)'' {{small|(Maldonado, 1992)}} :*''[Forcepia microlabis](/source/Forcepia_microlabis)'' {{small|[van Soest](/source/Rob_van_Soest), 2009}} :*''[Forcepia pustula](/source/Forcepia_pustula)'' {{small|([Fristedt](/source/Konrad_Fristedt), 1887)}} :*''[Forcepia tenuissima](/source/Forcepia_tenuissima)'' {{small|([Hentschel](/source/Ernst_Hentschel), 1911)}} :*''[Forcepia uschakowi](/source/Forcepia_uschakowi)'' {{small|([Burton](/source/Maurice_Burton), 1935)}} :*''[Forcepia vermicola](/source/Forcepia_vermicola)'' {{small|[Lehnert](/source/Helmut_Lehnert) & [van Soest](/source/Rob_van_Soest), 1996}} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q4116270}} Category:Demospongiae Category:Sponge genera --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Forcepia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forcepia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forcepia?action=history)). 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