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Iophon unicorne Topsent, 1907 
AphiaID: 167428

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Acarnidae (Family) > Iophon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Iophon Gray, 1867
Synonymised
taxa
  Iophon spatulatum Kirkpatrick, 1907 (junior synonym)
Iophon unicornis Topsent, 1907 (Spelling variation)
Sources  original description: Topsent, E. 1907a. Poecilosclérides nouvelles recueillies par le Français dans l’Antarctique. Bulletin du Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, Paris 13: 69-76. [details] [full text]

additional source: Goodwin, C.; Brewin, P.E.; Brickle, P. 2012. Sponge biodiversity of South Georgia island with descriptions of fifteen new species. Zootaxa 3542: 1-48., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2012/f/z03542p048f.pdf [details]

from synonym: Clarke, A.; Johnston, N.M. (2003). Antarctic marine benthic diversity. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 41: 47-114 (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Kirkpatrick, R. 1907a. Preliminary Report on the Monaxonellida of the National Antarctic Expedition. Annals and Magazine of NaturalHistory (7) 20(117): 271-291. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

from synonym: Kirkpatrick, R. 1908c. Porifera (Sponges). II. Tetraxonida, Dendy.National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 Natural History 4, Zoology:1-56, pls VIII-XXVI. [details] [view taxon] [full text]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Antarctic Ocean (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Antarctic Peninsula [details]
East Antarctic Wilkes Land [details]
Ross Sea (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
South Georgia [details]
South Sandwich Islands [details]
Specimen  Holotype: MNHN DT 1665, locality Anvers Island [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167428
Taxonomic
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-10-05 14:06:34Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Iophon unicorne Topsent, 1907. 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=167428 on 2013-05-23
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