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Phorbas tenuis

Status not recordedsponges

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

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Quick facts about Phorbas tenuis

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 tenuis live?

Not recorded

Is Phorbas tenuis 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 tenuis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPorifera
  3. classDemospongiae
  4. orderPoecilosclerida
  5. familyHymedesmiidae
  6. genusPhorbas
  7. SpeciesPhorbas tenuis (Cuartas, 1992)

Synonyms Anchinoe tenuis

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Phorbas tenuis

Other species in the same genus Phorbas.

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is Phorbas tenuis?

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

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

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APA

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{phorbas_tenuis_2026,
  title = {Phorbas tenuis (Phorbas tenuis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/phorbas-tenuis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}