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Iophonopsis major Brøndsted, 1924 
AphiaID: 192043

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Acarnidae (Family) > Iophonopsis (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
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status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Iophon laevistylus Dendy, 1924
Rank Species
Parent Iophonopsis Dendy, 1924 accepted as Iophon Gray, 1867
Sources  original description: Brøndsted, H.V. 1924b. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen’s Pacific Expedition 1914-16. XXIII. Sponges from New Zealand. Part I. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 77: 435-483. [details] [full text]

source of synonymy: Bergquist, P.R.; Fromont, P.J. 1988. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 (Poecilosclerida). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir 96: 1-197. [details] [full text]

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Variety Iophonopsis major var. tenuis Brøndsted, 1924 accepted as Iophon laevistylus Dendy, 1924
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution New Zealand [details]
Notes  Holotype: ZMUC [details]

Type locality: New Zealand [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192043
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2007-09-08 14:05:10Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
2010-12-29 09:19:59Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Iophonopsis major Brøndsted, 1924. 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=192043 on 2013-05-20
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