# Phorbas (sponge)

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

## Species

The following species are recognised:
* 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)