Forcepia keiensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Poecilosclerida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Demospongiae Subclassis: Heteroscleromorpha Ordo: Poecilosclerida

Familia: Coelosphaeridae
Genus: Forcepia
Subgenus: Forcepia (Forcepia)
Species: Forcepia keiensis

Name

Forcepia keiensis Payne, Samaai & Gibbons in Payne et al., 2026: 39

• Holotype: SAMC-A099304, collected by R. Payne and I. Malick on R/V Ellen Khuzwayo (Voyage 159) on 26 August 2016.
• Type locality: “Amathole region, 32.6663°S, 28.4412°E – 32.6714°S, 28.4397°E, Eastern Cape, South Africa, 29–35 m depth”.

References

Primary references

• Payne, R.P., Samaai, T., Janson, L., Kerwath, S.E. & Gibbons, M.J. 2026. New and little-known heteroscleromorph Demospongiae from the continental shelf in the Amathole region (Eastern Cape, South Africa), with a note on the sponge biodiversity of the area. Zootaxa 5764(1): 1–100. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5764.1.1 Reference page.