Eurypon viride (Topsent, 1889) 
AphiaID: 168071

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Poecilosclerida (Order) > Microcionina (Suborder) > Raspailiidae (Family) > Raspailiinae (Subfamily) > Eurypon (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Eurypon Gray, 1867
Synonymised taxa		Hymeraphia viridis Topsent, 1889 (genus transfer) Tricheurypon viride (Topsent, 1889) (reverted genus transfer)
Sources		original description: Topsent, E. 1889. Quelques spongiaires du Banc de Campêche et de la Pointe-à-Pître. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France 2: 30-52. [details] [full text] basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 469-510. 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: Rützler, K., R. W. M. van Soest, and C. Piantoni. 2009. Sponges (Porifera) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 285–313 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] from synonym: 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] [view taxon] from synonym: Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. 1994b. Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d’Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle 160: 1-174. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Burton, M. 1956. The sponges of West Africa. Atlantide Report (Scientific Results of the Danish Expedition to the Coasts of Tropical West Africa, 1945-1946, Copenhagen) 4: 111-147. [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Laubenfels, M.W. De 1950a. The Porifera of the Bermuda Archipelago. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 27(1):1-154, pls I-II. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Lévi, C.; Vacelet, J. 1958. Éponges récoltées dans l’Atlantique oriental par le ‘Président Théodore-Tissier’ (1955-1956). Revue des Travaux de l’Institut des Pêches maritimes 22 (2): 225-246. [details] [view taxon] [full text]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Bermuda (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Caribbean Sea [details] Cuba [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone (probably not valid) [details] Mexican Exclusive Economic Zone [Caribbean part] (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mexico [details] Southern Gulf of Mexico [details] West Africa (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Specimen		Holotype (from synonym): MNHN DT 1838, locality Campeche Bank [view taxon]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI
Note		The East Atlantic records of this species - mostly from deep water - are likely to be a different though morphologically similar species. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168071
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2007-01-15 19:17:36Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Eurypon viride (Topsent, 1889). 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=168071 on 2013-05-22