Marine Species Traits - Iophon laevistylus Dendy, 1924

Traits taxon details

Iophon laevistylus Dendy, 1924

AphiaID

167406 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167406)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Iophon Gray, 1867

Original name

Iophon laevistylus Dendy, 1924

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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.
page(s): 347-348 [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Iophon laevistylus Dendy, 1924. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167406 on 2026-02-18

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Iophon laevistylus Dendy, 1924. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=167406 on 2026-02-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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2009-10-29 11:22:33Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description 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.
page(s): 347-348 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

basis of record Bergquist, P.R.; Fromont, P.J. (1988). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Porifera, Demospongiae, Part 4 Poecilosclerida. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 96: 1-197.
page(s): 91 [details]

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. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

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