Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Axinellida > Family Raspailiidae > Subfamily Raspailiinae

Eurypon Gray, 1867

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Tricheurypon Topsent, 1928

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Dragmatyle*	Topsent, 1904	synonym
*Eurypon (Acantheurypon)*	Topsent, 1927	synonym

Children

Eurypon cinctum Sarà, 1960
Eurypon clavatum (Bowerbank, 1866)
Eurypon clavigerum (Bowerbank, 1866)
Eurypon coronula (Bowerbank, 1874)
Eurypon denisae Vacelet, 1969
Eurypon hispidulum (Topsent, 1904)
Eurypon lacazei (Topsent, 1891)
Eurypon lictor (Topsent, 1904)
Eurypon longispiculum (Carter, 1876)
Eurypon major Sarà & Siribelli, 1960
Eurypon mixtum (Topsent, 1928)
Eurypon mucronale (Topsent, 1928)
Eurypon obtusum Vacelet, 1969
Eurypon radiatum (Bowerbank, 1866)
Eurypon scabiosum (Topsent, 1927)
Eurypon simplex (Bowerbank, 1874)
Eurypon spitzbergense (Fristedt, 1887)
Eurypon vescicularis Sarà & Siribelli, 1960
Eurypon viride (Topsent, 1889)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヤドリカイメン属

Literature

original description	Gray, J.E. (1867). 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.
basis of record	Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Raspailiidae Hentschel, 1923. Pp. 469–510. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
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. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Vol. 1. (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
additional source	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: 85-103.
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.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

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. Eurypon Gray, 1867. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131882