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Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858) 
AphiaID: 132971

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Acarnidae (Family) > Iophon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Species
Parent Iophon Gray, 1867
Synonymised
taxa
  Esperia nigricans (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Halichondria nigricans Bowerbank, 1866 (genus transfer)
Halichondria pattersoni Bowerbank, 1866 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Halichondria scandens Bowerbank, 1866 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Iophon pattersoni (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
Iophon scandens (Bowerbank, 1866) (junior synonym)
Iophonopsis nigricans (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Iophonopsis pattersoni (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Menyllus nigricans (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1858. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part I. On the Spicula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 148(2): 279-332, pls XXII-XXVI. [details] [full text]

original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1866a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. (look up in IMIS[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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 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): 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] [view taxon]

additional source (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]

additional source (from synonym): Thiele, J. 1905. Die Kiesel- und Hornschwämme der Sammlung Plate. Zoologische Jahrbücher Supplement 6 (Fauna Chiliensis III): 407-496,pls 27-33. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

source of synonymy (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]

basis of record (from synonym): Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-306-47260-0. xix, 1-1101, 1103-1706 (2 volumes) pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

new combination reference (from synonym): 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] [view taxon] [full text]

new combination reference (from synonym): Fristedt, K. 1885. Bidrag till Kännedomen om de vid Sveriges vestra Kust lefvande Spongiae. Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens handlingar21: 1-56, pls I-IV. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

source of synonymy (from synonym): BODC (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. [details] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Adriatic Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Celtic Seas (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Cobscook Bay [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Gulf of Maine [details]
Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details]
North East Atlantic (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Sea [details]
North West Atlantic [details]
Portugal (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South European Atlantic Shelf [details]
Sweden (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
West Coast of France (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wimereux [details]
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
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To ITIS
Notes  Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details]

Taxonomy: Family: Acarnidae according to Trott (2004). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132971
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van Soest, Rob
2007-09-14 10:17:34Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2008-11-27 20:08:56Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858). 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=132971 on 2013-06-19
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