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

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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

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2006-02-08 by Rob van Soest

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