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: 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 [details] Antarctic Peninsula [details] East Antarctic Wilkes Land [details] Ross Sea [details] 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 Edit history		Date    action    by 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: 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=167428 on 2013-05-24