Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Demospongiae > Order Poecilosclerida > Suborder Microcionina > Family Acarnidae > Genus Iophon

Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Iophon*	Gray, 1867	accepted genus name
*Alebion*	Gray, 1867	synonym
*Iophonopsis*	Dendy, 1924	synonym

Species group names

*Halichondria nigricans*	Bowerbank, 1866	basionym; alternate representation
*Halichondria scandens*	Bowerbank, 1866	basionym; alternate representation
*Iophonopsis nigricans*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	basionym
*Iophonopsis pattersoni*	(Bowerbank, 1858)	basionym
*Halichondria nigricans*	Bowerbank, 1866	synonym; alternate representation
*Halichondria scandens*	Bowerbank, 1866	synonym; alternate representation
*Iophon scandens*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	synonym
*Iophonopsis nigricans*	(Bowerbank, 1866)	synonym
*Iophonopsis pattersoni*	(Bowerbank, 1858)	synonym

Literature

original description	Bowerbank, J.S. 1858. On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part I. On the Spicula. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 148(2): 279-332, pls XXII-XXVI.
original description	Bowerbank, J.S. 1866a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388.
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).
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
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

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External Links

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Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858). 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:132971