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Iophon Gray, 1867 
AphiaID: 131863

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Acarnidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Typetaxon Halichondria scandens Bowerbank, 1866 (type by original designation)
Parent Acarnidae Dendy, 1922
Synonymised
taxa
  Alebion Gray, 1867 (preoccupied)
Burtonella de Laubenfels, 1928 (junior synonym)
Hymedesanisochela Bakus, 1966 (junior synonym)
Ingallia Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
Iophonopsis Dendy, 1924 (junior synonym)
Iophonota de Laubenfels, 1936 (junior synonym)
Menyllus Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
Pocillon Topsent, 1893 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Gray, J.E. 1867a. Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412-431. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

additional source: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.) (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source (from synonym): Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Dendy, A. 1924. Porifera. Part I. Non-Antarctic sponges. Natural History Report. British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910 (Zoology)6(3): 269-392, pls I-XV. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

original description (from synonym): Laubenfels, M.W. De 1928. A New Genus and Species of Sponges From Puget Sound. Publications of the Puget Sound Marine Biological Station of the University of Washington 5: 361-363. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Bakus, G.J. 1966b. Marine poeciloscleridan sponges of the San Juan Archipelago, Washington. Journal of Zoology 149: 415-531, pls I-II. [details] [view taxon]

basis of record (from synonym): Laubenfels, M.W. De 1936a. A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper N° 467) 30: 1-225, pls 1-22. [details] [view taxon]

original description (from synonym): Topsent, E. 1893c. Nouvelle série de diagnoses d’éponges de Roscoff et de Banyuls. Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale (3) 1 (Notes et Revue 10): xxxiii-xliii. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Direct child
taxa

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 Species Iophon abnormale Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Iophon aceratum Hentschel, 1914
Species Iophon cheliferum Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Iophon chilense Desqueyroux-Faundez & van Soest, 1996
Species Iophon cylindricum Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Iophon dogieli Koltun, 1955
Species Iophon dubium (Hansen, 1885)
Species Iophon flabellodigitatum Kirkpatrick, 1907
Species Iophon frigidum Lundbeck, 1909
Species Iophon funis Topsent, 1892
Species Iophon gaussi Hentschel, 1914
Species Iophon hesperidesi Rios, Cristobo & Urgorri, 2004
Species Iophon husvikense Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012
Species Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Iophon laevistylus Dendy, 1924
Species Iophon lamella Wilson, 1904
Species Iophon laminale Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Iophon minor (Brøndsted, 1924)
Species Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Iophon omnivorus Ridley & Dendy, 1887
Species Iophon ostiamagna Wilson, 1904
Species Iophon piceum (Vosmaer, 1882)
Species Iophon pictoni Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
Species Iophon pluricorne Topsent, 1913
Species Iophon pommeraniae Thiele, 1903
Species Iophon proximum (Ridley, 1881)
Species Iophon radiatum Topsent, 1901
Species Iophon rayae (Bakus, 1966)
Species Iophon semispinosum Bergquist, 1961
Species Iophon spinulentum (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Iophon terranovae Calcinai & Pansini, 2000
Species Iophon timidum Desqueyroux-Faundez & van Soest, 1996
Species Iophon tubiforme Desqueyroux-Faundez & van Soest, 1996
Species Iophon unicorne Topsent, 1907
Species Iophon variopocillatum Alander, 1942

Species Iophon cupulifera (Gray, 1867) (species inquirenda)

Species Iophon aceratus Hentschel, 1914 accepted as Iophon aceratum Hentschel, 1914
Species Iophon chelifer Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Iophon cheliferum Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Iophon dubius (Hansen, 1885) accepted as Iophon dubium (Hansen, 1885)
Species Iophon frigidus Lundbeck, 1909 accepted as Iophon frigidum Lundbeck, 1909
Species Iophon implicita (Bowerbank, 1882) accepted as Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Iophon indentatus Wilson, 1904 accepted as Iophon lamella Wilson, 1904
Species Iophon ingalli (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Iophon laminalis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Iophon laminale Ridley & Dendy, 1886
Species Iophon major (Brøndsted, 1924) accepted as Iophon laevistylus Dendy, 1924
Species Iophon pattersoni (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Iophon piceus (Vosmaer, 1882) accepted as Iophon piceum (Vosmaer, 1882)
Species Iophon radiatus Topsent, 1901 accepted as Iophon radiatum Topsent, 1901
Species Iophon scandens (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858)
Species Iophon semispinosus Bergquist, 1961 accepted as Iophon semispinosum Bergquist, 1961
Species Iophon spatulatum Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Iophon unicorne Topsent, 1907
Species Iophon unicornis Topsent, 1907 accepted as Iophon unicorne Topsent, 1907
Species Iophon variopocillatus Alander, 1942 accepted as Iophon variopocillatum Alander, 1942
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131863
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Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2005-08-01 12:12:31Z  changed  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2006-12-29 20:23:15Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Iophon Gray, 1867. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131863 on 2013-06-19
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