WoRMS taxon details
Iophon Gray, 1867
131863 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131863)
accepted
Genus
Halichondria scandens Bowerbank, 1866 represented as Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858) (type by original designation)
Alebion Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (preoccupied)
Burtonella de Laubenfels, 1928 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Dendoryx (Iophon) Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (reverted genus status)
Hymedesanisochela Bakus, 1966 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Ingallia Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Iophonopsis Dendy, 1924 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Iophonota Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Menyllus Gray, 1867 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Myxilla (Pocillon) Topsent, 1891 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Pocillon Topsent, 1891 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Iophon abnormalis Ridley & Dendy, 1886
- Species Iophon aceratum Hentschel, 1914
- Species Iophon bipocillum Aguilar-Camacho, Carballo & Cruz-Barraza, 2013
- Species Iophon cheliferum Ridley & Dendy, 1886
- Species Iophon chilense Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996
- Species Iophon cylindricum Ridley & Dendy, 1886
- Species Iophon dogieli Koltun, 1955
- Species Iophon dubium (Hansen, 1885)
- Species Iophon flabellodigitatum Kirkpatrick, 1907
- Species Iophon frigidum Lundbeck, 1905
- Species Iophon funis Topsent, 1892
- Species Iophon gaussi Hentschel, 1914
- Species Iophon gracile Hentschel, 1929
- Species Iophon hentscheli Van Soest, 2024
- Species Iophon hesperidesi Rios, Cristobo & Urgorri, 2004
- Species Iophon husvikense Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012
- Species Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858)
- Species Iophon indentatus Wilson, 1904
- Species Iophon koltuni Morozov, Sabirov & Zimina, 2019
- Species Iophon laevistylus Dendy, 1924
- Species Iophon lamella Wilson, 1904
- Species Iophon laminale Ridley & Dendy, 1886
- Species Iophon methanophila Cárdenas, 2019
- Species Iophon minor (Brøndsted, 1924)
- Species Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858)
- Species Iophon omnivorus Ridley & Dendy, 1887
- Species Iophon ostiamagna Wilson, 1904
- Species Iophon parvachela Esteves, de Paula, Lerner, Lôbo-Hajdu & Hajdu, 2018
- Species Iophon piceum (Vosmaer, 1882)
- Species Iophon pictoni Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2011
- Species Iophon pluricorne Topsent, 1907
- Species Iophon pommeraniae Thiele, 1903
- Species Iophon proximum (Ridley, 1881)
- Species Iophon radiatum Topsent, 1901
- Species Iophon rayae (Bakus, 1966)
- Species Iophon reticulare Hentschel, 1914
- Species Iophon roseum Goodwin, Jones, Neely & Brickle, 2016
- Species Iophon semispinosum Bergquist, 1961
- Species Iophon spinulentum (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Species Iophon terranovae Calcinai & Pansini, 2000
- Species Iophon timidum Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996
- Species Iophon tubiforme Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996
- Species Iophon unicorne Topsent, 1907
- Species Iophon variopocillatum Alander, 1942
- Species Iophon cupulifera (Gray, 1867) (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Iophon aceratus Hentschel, 1914 accepted as Iophon aceratum Hentschel, 1914 (agreement in gender)
- Species Iophon chelifer Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Iophon cheliferum Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (agreement in gender)
- Species Iophon cylindricus Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Iophon cylindricum Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (agreement in gender)
- Species Iophon dubius (Hansen, 1885) accepted as Iophon dubium (Hansen, 1885) (nomen corrigendum)
- Species Iophon flabellodigitatus Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Iophon flabellodigitatum Kirkpatrick, 1907 (adaptation to gender of genus)
- Species Iophon frigidus Lundbeck, 1905 accepted as Iophon frigidum Lundbeck, 1905 (nomen corrigendum)
- Species Iophon implicita (Bowerbank, 1882) accepted as Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
- Species Iophon ingalli (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
- Species Iophon laminalis Ridley & Dendy, 1886 accepted as Iophon laminale Ridley & Dendy, 1886 (agreement in gender)
- Species Iophon major (Brøndsted, 1924) accepted as Iophon laevistylus Dendy, 1924 (junior synonym)
- Species Iophon pattersoni (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
- Species Iophon piceus (Vosmaer, 1882) accepted as Iophon piceum (Vosmaer, 1882) (nomen corrigendum)
- Species Iophon pluricornis Topsent, 1907 accepted as Iophon pluricorne Topsent, 1907 (adaptation to gender of genus)
- Species Iophon proximus (Ridley, 1881) accepted as Iophon proximum (Ridley, 1881) (agreement in gender)
- Species Iophon radiatus Topsent, 1901 accepted as Iophon radiatum Topsent, 1901 (agreement in gender)
- Species Iophon scandens (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858) (junior synonym)
- Species Iophon semispinosus Bergquist, 1961 accepted as Iophon semispinosum Bergquist, 1961 (gender adaptation)
- Species Iophon spatulatum Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Iophon unicorne Topsent, 1907 (junior synonym)
- Species Iophon spatulatus Kirkpatrick, 1907 accepted as Iophon unicorne Topsent, 1907 (adaptation to gender of genus and junior synonym)
- Species Iophon unicornis Topsent, 1907 accepted as Iophon unicorne Topsent, 1907 (agreement in gender)
- Species Iophon variopocillatus Alander, 1942 accepted as Iophon variopocillatum Alander, 1942 (agreement in gender)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
neuter
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details] 
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Iophon Gray, 1867. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131863 on 2026-01-15
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original description
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
original description (of Alebion Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
original description (of Iophonopsis Dendy, 1924) Dendy, A. (1924). Porifera. Part I. Non-Antarctic sponges. Natural History Report. <em>British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910 (Zoology).</em> 6 (3): 269-392, pls I-XV.
page(s): 348 [details]
original description (of Burtonella de Laubenfels, 1928) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1928). A New Genus and Species of Sponges From Puget Sound. Publications of the Puget Sound. <em>Biological Station of the University of Washington.</em> 5: 361-363. [details]
original description (of Hymedesanisochela Bakus, 1966) Bakus, G.J. (1966). Marine poeciloscleridan sponges of the San Juan Archipelago, Washington. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 149: 415-531, pls I-II. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Ingallia Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
original description (of Iophonota Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Menyllus Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
original description (of Pocillon Topsent, 1891) Topsent, E. (1891). Essai sur la faune des spongiaires de Roscoff. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (2) 9(4): 523-554,pl. XXII.
page(s): 539 [details]
original description (of Pocillon Topsent, 1891) Topsent, E. (1893). Nouvelle série de diagnoses d'éponges de Roscoff et de Banyuls. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 3) 1 (Notes et Revue 10): xxxiii-xliii. [details]
original description (of Myxilla (Pocillon) Topsent, 1891) Topsent, E. (1891). Essai sur la faune des spongiaires de Roscoff. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (2) 9(4): 523-554,pl. XXII.
page(s): 539 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Alebion Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
original description (of Iophonopsis Dendy, 1924) Dendy, A. (1924). Porifera. Part I. Non-Antarctic sponges. Natural History Report. <em>British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910 (Zoology).</em> 6 (3): 269-392, pls I-XV.
page(s): 348 [details]
original description (of Burtonella de Laubenfels, 1928) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1928). A New Genus and Species of Sponges From Puget Sound. Publications of the Puget Sound. <em>Biological Station of the University of Washington.</em> 5: 361-363. [details]
original description (of Hymedesanisochela Bakus, 1966) Bakus, G.J. (1966). Marine poeciloscleridan sponges of the San Juan Archipelago, Washington. <em>Journal of Zoology.</em> 149: 415-531, pls I-II. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Ingallia Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
original description (of Iophonota Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Menyllus Gray, 1867) Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII. [details]
original description (of Pocillon Topsent, 1891) Topsent, E. (1891). Essai sur la faune des spongiaires de Roscoff. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (2) 9(4): 523-554,pl. XXII.
page(s): 539 [details]
original description (of Pocillon Topsent, 1891) Topsent, E. (1893). Nouvelle série de diagnoses d'éponges de Roscoff et de Banyuls. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 3) 1 (Notes et Revue 10): xxxiii-xliii. [details]
original description (of Myxilla (Pocillon) Topsent, 1891) Topsent, E. (1891). Essai sur la faune des spongiaires de Roscoff. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> (2) 9(4): 523-554,pl. XXII.
page(s): 539 [details]
basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
additional source
Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
[request]additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Alebion) (from synonym Alebion Gray, 1867)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Iophon)
To Genbank (from synonym Menyllus Gray, 1867)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 006563.PR)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Iophon)
To Genbank (from synonym Menyllus Gray, 1867)
To Genbank
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 006563.PR)
To ITIS
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