Iophon (sponge)
Genus of sponges
Iophon
Iophon minor
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Porifera
Class:
Demospongiae
Order:
Poecilosclerida
Family:
Acarnidae
Genus:
Iophon (Gray, 1867)
Species
See text.
Synonyms [ 1]
Alebion (Gray, 1867) Burtonella (de Laubenfels, 1928) Dendoryx (Iophon) (Gray, 1867) Hymedesanisochela (Bakus, 1966) Ingallia (Gray, 1867) Iophonopsis (Dendy, 1924) Iophonota (Laubenfels, 1936) Menyllus (Gray, 1867) Myxilla (Pocillon) (Topsent, 1891) Pocillon (Topsent, 1891)
Iophon sponges belonging to the family Acarnidae .[ 2] cosmopolitan distribution .[ 2]
Description
This genus contains species with non-fistulose, massive, branching or encrusting growth forms. The ectosomal (outer) skeleton is made of tylotes (long, slender megascleres with knobs at both ends) with microspined bases.[ 3] choanosomal (inner) skeleton is a rounded, triangular or square-meshed network of smooth or spined choanosomal styles, arranged singly or with 2-3 per row.[ 3] [ 4] [ 3]
Species
The following species are recognised:[ 5]
Iophon abnormalis (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Iophon aceratum (Hentschel, 1914) Iophon bipocillum (Aguilar-Camacho, Carballo & Cruz-Barraza, 2013) Iophon cheliferum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Iophon chilense (Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996) Iophon cylindricum (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Iophon dogieli (Koltun, 1955) Iophon dubium (Hansen, 1885) Iophon flabellodigitatum (Kirkpatrick, 1907) Iophon frigidum Lundbeck, 1905) Iophon funis (Topsent, 1892) Iophon gaussi (Hentschel, 1914) Iophon hesperidesi (Rios, Cristobo & Urgorri, 2004) Iophon husvikense (Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2012) Iophon hyndmani (Bowerbank, 1858) Iophon indentatus (Wilson, 1904) Iophon koltuni Morozov, Sabirov & Zimina, 2019) Iophon laevistylus Dendy, 1924) Iophon lamella (Wilson, 1904) Iophon laminale (Ridley & Dendy, 1886) Iophon methanophila (Cárdenas, 2019) Iophon minor (Brøndsted, 1924) Iophon nigricans (Bowerbank, 1858) Iophon omnivorus (Ridley & Dendy, 1887) Iophon ostiamagna (Wilson, 1904) Iophon parvachela (Esteves, de Paula, Lerner, Lôbo-Hajdu & Hajdu, 2018) Iophon piceum (Vosmaer, 1882) Iophon pictoni (Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2011) Iophon pluricorne (Topsent, 1907) Iophon pommeraniae (Thiele, 1903) Iophon proximum (Ridley,1881) Iophon radiatum (Topsent, 1901) Iophon rayae (Bakus, 1966) Iophon roseum (Goodwin, Brewin & Brickle, 2016) Iophon semispinosum (Bergquist, 1961) Iophon spinulentum (Bowerbank, 1866) Iophon terranovae (Calcinai & Pansini, 2000) Iophon timidum (Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996) Iophon tubiforme (Desqueyroux-Faúndez & van Soest, 1996) Iophon unicorne (Topsent, 1907) Iophon variopocillatum (Alander, 1942)
References
^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Iophon Gray, 1867" . www.marinespecies.org . Retrieved 2021-08-15 .^ a b "Iophon Gray, 1867" . www.gbif.org . Retrieved 6 May 2021 .^ a b c Hooper, John N. A. (2002), Hooper, John N. A.; Van Soest, Rob W. M.; Willenz, Philippe (eds.), "Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922" , Systema Porifera , Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 412– 431, doi :10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_51 , ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2 , retrieved 2021-08-15 ^ "Marine Species Identification Portal : Sponges of the NE Atlantic : Glossary : bipocillum" . species-identification.org . Retrieved 2021-08-15 .^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Iophon Gray, 1867" . www.marinespecies.org . Retrieved 2021-08-15 .
