Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Microcionina > Family Raspailiidae > Subfamily Raspailiinae

Eurypon Gray, 1867

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Tricheurypon*	Topsent, 1928	basionym
*Dragmatyle*	Topsent, 1904	synonym
*Tricheurypon*	Topsent, 1928	synonym
*Eurypon (Acantheurypon)*	sensu Topsent, 1927	misapplied name

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 incipiens Topsent, 1927
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 topsenti (Burton, 1954)
Eurypon vesciculare Sarà & Siribelli, 1960
Eurypon viride (Topsent, 1889)

Literature

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.
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).
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.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (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.
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: pp. 85-103

Genbank

External Links

GenBank
Sponge Barcoding Database (Eurypon 1877)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Eurypon 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.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131882