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Phorbas ficticus

Status not recordedsponges

Phorbas ficticus is a species in the family Hymedesmiidae, order Poecilosclerida. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Sweden.

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Quick facts about Phorbas ficticus

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Phorbas ficticus live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Phorbas ficticus is listed for 1 country.

Sweden
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Sweden

Why a country list is not a range map

Is Phorbas ficticus 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 ficticus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPorifera
  3. classDemospongiae
  4. orderPoecilosclerida
  5. familyHymedesmiidae
  6. genusPhorbas
  7. SpeciesPhorbas ficticus (Bowerbank, 1866)

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Phorbas ficticus

Other species in the same genus Phorbas.

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Common questions

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Where does Phorbas ficticus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Phorbas ficticus for 1 country: Sweden. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Phorbas ficticus?

Phorbas ficticus (Phorbas ficticus) 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 ficticus (Phorbas ficticus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/phorbas-ficticus

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

BibTeX
@misc{phorbas_ficticus_2026,
  title = {Phorbas ficticus (Phorbas ficticus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phorbas-ficticus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}