Alebion Gray, 1867 
AphiaID: 131858

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Acarnidae (Family)

Status		unaccepted (preoccupied)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Iophon Gray, 1867
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Alebion proximum Ridley, 1881 (type by original designation)
Parent		Acarnidae Dendy, 1922
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] [full text] 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: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Alebion piceum Vosmaer, 1882 accepted as Iophon piceum (Vosmaer, 1882) Species Alebion proximum Ridley, 1881 accepted as Iophon proximum (Ridley, 1881)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Link		To ITIS
Notes		Preoccupied by Alebion Krøyer, 1863 (Crustacea). [details] Homonymy: Also in database as valid genus in Euryphoridae (Copepoda) - needs checking [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131858
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2005-08-01 12:12:31Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2006-01-23 18:44:39Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2008-11-09 12:33:14Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Alebion 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: 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 at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131858 on 2013-06-19