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		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
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] [full text] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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] 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 To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS
Notes		Habitat: Known from the nearshore. [details] Taxonomy: Family: Acarnidae according to Trott (2004). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132971
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 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: 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=132971 on 2013-05-23