Phorbas (sponge)

Phorbas
	Phorbas tenacior
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Family:	Hymedesmiidae
Genus:	Phorbas ; Duchassaing & Michelotti [ it ], 1864
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Anchinoe(Gray, 1867) ; Bipocillopsis(Koltun, 1964) ; Clathrissa(Lendenfeld, 1888) ; Grayax(Laubenfels, 1936) ; Lissopocillon(Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916) ; Merriamium(Laubenfels, 1936) ; Plumohalichondria(Carter, 1876) ; Podotuberculum(Bakus, 1966) ; Pronax sensu(Gray, 1867) ; Pronaxella(Burton, 1931') ; Stylostichon(Topsent, 1892) ; Suberotelites (Schmidt, 1868) ;

Last updated February 10, 2025

Phorbas is a genus of demosponges belonging to the family Hymedesmiidae.^[1] The chemical Muironolide A was extracted from a species in this genus.^[2]

Species

The following species are recognised:^[1]

Phorbas acanthochela (Koltun, 1964)
Phorbas amaranthus (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Phorbas arborescens (Ridley, 1884)
Phorbas arbuscula (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Phorbas areolatus (Thiele, 1905)
Phorbas armatus (Schmidt, 1868)
Phorbas aurantiacus (Rützler, Piantoni, Van Soest & Diaz, 2014)
Phorbas baffini (Brøndsted, 1933)
Phorbas bardajii (Uriz, 1988)
Phorbas benguelensis (Uriz, 1984)
Phorbas bergmontae (Hajdu & Teixeira, 2011)
Phorbas bihamiger (Waller, 1878)
Phorbas burtoni (Hajdu & Teixeira, 2011)
Phorbas caespitosus (Carter, 1885)
Phorbas californianus (Laubenfels, 1932)
Phorbas capixaba (Hajdu & Teixeira, 2011)
Phorbas clathratus (Lévi, 1963)
Phorbas clathrodes (Dendy, 1922)
Phorbas claviger (Levinsen, 1887)
Phorbas dayi (Lévi, 1963)
Phorbas demonstrans (Topsent, 1890)
Phorbas dendyi (Topsent, 1890)
Phorbas dives (Topsent, 1891)
Phorbas domini (Boury-Esnault & van Beveren, 1982)
Phorbas epizoaria (Lévi, 1958)
Phorbas equiosculatus (Pansini, 1987)
Phorbas erectus (Lévi, 1993)
Phorbas ferrerhernandezi (van Soest, 2002)
Phorbas ferrugineus (Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011)
Phorbas fibrosus (Lévi, 1963)
Phorbas fibulatus (Topsent, 1893)
Phorbas fictitioides (Dendy & Frederick, 1924)
Phorbas fictitius (Bowerbank, 1866)
Phorbas frutex Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
Phorbas fulvus (Bergquist & Fromont, 1988)
Phorbas fusifer (Ridley & Dendy, 1887)
Phorbas glaberrimus (Topsent, 1916)
Phorbas gravidus (Dendy, 1896)
Phorbas gukhulensis (Sim & Kim, 2004)
Phorbas hechteli (Hajdu & Teixeira, 2011)
Phorbas hoffmani (Bakus, 1966)
Phorbas intermedius Bergquist, 1961
Phorbas kovdaicum (Rezvoi, 1925)
Phorbas lamellatus (Lévi, 1963)
Phorbas lieberkuehni (Burton, 1930)
Phorbas longurioides (Burton, 1932)
Phorbas megasigma Rios & Cristobo, 2007
Phorbas mercator (Schmidt, 1868)
Phorbas microchelifer (Cabioch, 1968)
Phorbas mollis (Kirkpatrick, 1903)
Phorbas nexus (Koltun, 1964)
Phorbas osculosus (Topsent, 1892)
Phorbas palmatus Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
Phorbas papillatus (Dendy, 1922)
Phorbas papillosus (Arnesen, 1903)
Phorbas paucistylifer (Koltun, 1958)
Phorbas perarmatus (Bowerbank, 1866)
Phorbas plumosus (Montagu, 1814)
Phorbas posidoni (Voultsiadou-Koukoura & van Soest, 1991)
Phorbas punctatus (Picton & Goodwin, 2007)
Phorbas purpureus (Carter, 1886)
Phorbas pustulosus (Carter, 1882), Baseball glove sponge
Phorbas ramosus (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Phorbas reginae (Aguilar-Camacho & Carballo, 2012)
Phorbas repens (Topsent, 1904)
Phorbas roemeri (Hentschel, 1929)
Phorbas roxasi (de Laubenfels, 1935)
Phorbas salebrosus (Koltun, 1958)
Phorbas scabida (sensu Vacelet, Vasseur & Lévi, 1976)
Phorbas shackletoni (Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011)
Phorbas styliferus (Burton, 1959)
Phorbas tailliezi (Vacelet & Pérez, 2008)
Phorbas tanitai (Hajdu & Teixeira, 2011)
Phorbas tenacior (Topsent, 1925)
Phorbas tenuis (Cuartas, 1992)
Phorbas tenuispiculatus (Dendy, 1896)
Phorbas thela (Vosmaer, 1880)
Phorbas tokushima (Tanita, 1970)
Phorbas topsenti (Vacelet & Pérez, 2008)
Phorbas uncifer (Dendy, 1896)
Phorbas viecquensis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)

References

1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-07-24.
↑ Dalisay, Doralyn S.; Morinaka, Brandon I.; Skepper†, Colin K.; Molinski, Tadeusz F. (May 15, 2009). "A Tetrachloro Polyketide Hexahydro-1H-isoindolone, Muironolide A, from the Marine Sponge Phorbas sp. Natural Products at the Nanomole Scale". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (22): 7552–7553. doi:10.1021/ja9024929. PMID 19453148.

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[:1-1] 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2021-07-24.

[:0-2] Dalisay, Doralyn S.; Morinaka, Brandon I.; Skepper†, Colin K.; Molinski, Tadeusz F. (May 15, 2009). "A Tetrachloro Polyketide Hexahydro-1H-isoindolone, Muironolide A, from the Marine Sponge Phorbas sp. Natural Products at the Nanomole Scale". Journal of the American Chemical Society. 131 (22): 7552–7553. doi:10.1021/ja9024929. PMID 19453148.

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Phorbas

Phorbas tenacior
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Demospongiae
Order:	Poecilosclerida
Family:	Hymedesmiidae
Genus:	Phorbas Duchassaing & Michelotti [ it ], 1864
Species
See text
Synonyms
Anchinoe(Gray, 1867) Bipocillopsis(Koltun, 1964) Clathrissa(Lendenfeld, 1888) Grayax(Laubenfels, 1936) Lissopocillon(Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916) Merriamium(Laubenfels, 1936) Plumohalichondria(Carter, 1876) Podotuberculum(Bakus, 1966) Pronax sensu(Gray, 1867) Pronaxella(Burton, 1931') Stylostichon(Topsent, 1892) Suberotelites (Schmidt, 1868)