Species Iophon unicornis Topsent, 1907

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• Iophon unicornis Topsent, E. 1907. Poecilosclérides nouvelles recueillies par le Français dans l'Antarctique. Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 13: 69-76 [72].

  Type data:

   Holotype (?Paris - egaz), 25 m, Anvers Is., Antarctic Peninsula [64°33'14"S 64°31'33"W].
• Iophon spatulatus Kirkpatrick, R. 1907. Preliminary report on the Monaxonellida of the National Antarctic Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 20: 271-291 [276].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1908.2.5.144 wet, slides, 46–55 m, Discovery winter quarters, Ross Sea, off Ross Is. (77º49´S 167º74´E) Antarctica [77°49´S 167°74´E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1908.2.5.144A 12 specimens, wet; BMNH 1908.2.5.144B wet; BMNH 1908.2.5.145 wet, slides; BMNH 1908.2.5.145A wet; BMNH 1908.2.5.146 wet, slides; BMNH 1908.2.5.147 slide with dry fragments; BMNH 1908.2.5.148–52 wet, slides.
• Iophon flabellodigitatus Kirkpatrick, R. 1907. Preliminary report on the Monaxonellida of the National Antarctic Expedition. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 7 20: 271-291 [277].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1908.2.5.153 wet, slides, 51–238 m, Discovery winter quarters, Ross Sea, Antarctica (off Ross island, 77º49´S 167º7´4˜E) [77°49´S 167°7´4˜E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1908.2.5.154 2 specimens, wet, slides; BMNH 1908.2.5.155.
• Iophon flabellodigitatus gaussi Hentschel, E. 1914. Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. In Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. 15(Zool. 7):. 35-141 pls 4-8 [86].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4807 3 jars one dry and 2 slides, Observatory Bay Harbour, Kerguelen, Subantarctic [no coords available].
• Iophon spatulatus gaussi Hentschel, E. 1914. Monaxone Kieselschwämme und Hornschwämme der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. In Drygalski, E. von (ed.) Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901–1903. 15(Zool. 7):. 35-141 pls 4-8 [87].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4810 2 jars, 385 m, Gauss Winter Station, off Wilhelm II Coast, Aust. Antarctic Terr. (66º2´9˜S 89º38´E) [66°2´9˜S 89°38´E].

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Koltun, V.M. 1964. Sponges of the Antarctic. Part 1. Tetraxonida and Cornacuspongida. 6-116, 428-433 (systematic index), pls 1-15 in Pavlovskii, E.P., Andriyashev, A.P. & Ushakov, P.V. (eds). Academy of Sciences of the U.S.S.R., Zoological Institute: Explorations of the fauna of the seas II (X). Biological Reports of the Soviet Antarctic Expedition (1955–1958). Moscow : Izdatel'stvo ‘Nauka' Vol. 2. [in Russian] [56]

 

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Aust. Antarctic Terr.; Wilhelm II Coast, Queen Mary Coast, Knox Coast, off Cape Carr, Enderby Land, Prydz Bay, Mawson Coast, also Subantarctic.

Other Regions

Australian Antarctic Territory

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 4–640 m.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
29-Mar-2018		15-Dec-2011	MOVED
29-Mar-2018		02-May-2011	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)