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Phorbas dives

Status not recordedsponges

Phorbas dives is a species in the family Hymedesmiidae, order Poecilosclerida.

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Quick facts about Phorbas dives

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Phorbas dives live?

Not recorded

Is Phorbas dives endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Phorbas dives classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPorifera
  3. classDemospongiae
  4. orderPoecilosclerida
  5. familyHymedesmiidae
  6. genusPhorbas
  7. SpeciesPhorbas dives (Topsent, 1891)

Synonyms Microciona dives, Pronax dives, Stylostichon dives

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Phorbas opulentFrench

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Phorbas dives

Other species in the same genus Phorbas.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Phorbas dives?

Phorbas dives (Phorbas dives) belongs to the family Hymedesmiidae in the order Poecilosclerida.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Phorbas dives (Phorbas dives). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/phorbas-dives

MLA

“Phorbas dives (Phorbas dives).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/phorbas-dives.

BibTeX
@misc{phorbas_dives_2026,
  title = {Phorbas dives (Phorbas dives)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phorbas-dives},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}