Menyllus Gray, 1867 
AphiaID: 196571

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

Status		unaccepted (junior synonym)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Iophon Gray, 1867
Rank		Genus
Typetaxon		Halichondria ingalli Bowerbank, 1866 (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]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Menyllus dogieli (Koltun, 1955) accepted as Iophon dogieli Koltun, 1955 Species Menyllus ingalli (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858) Species Menyllus nigricans (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Note		Type species: Erected for type species Halichondria ingalli Bowerbank, 1866, which is a Iophon. [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:196571
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2006-01-23 18:44:39Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2006-12-29 20:23:15Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2007-09-08 14:05:10Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Menyllus 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=196571 on 2013-05-24