Species Iophon pattersoni (Bowerbank, 1866)

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• Halichondria pattersoni Bowerbank, J.S. 1866. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. London : Ray Society Vol. 2 388 pp. [255].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH (egaz - Ireland), Strangford Loch, Northern Ireland [53°12'35"N 8°03'14"W].
• Alebion proximum Ridley, S.O. 1881. Spongida. In Account of the zoological collections made during the survey of H.M.S. Alert in the Straits of Magellan and on the Coast of Patagonia. XI. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1881: 107-137, 140-141 pls 10-11 [119].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH, Strait of Magellan, Subantarctic [no coords available in egaz].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1932. Sponges. Discovery Reports 6: 237-392 56 figs pls 48-57 [297, 299 (fig. 22v), 300 (fig. 23v), 301 (fig. 24v)].
• Iophon chelifer Ridley, S.O. & Dendy, A. 1886. Preliminary report on the Monaxonida collected by H.M.S. Challenger. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5 18: 325-351, 470-493 [349].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH 1887.5.2.116 wet, 274 m, off cape of Good Hope, Southern Ocean (35º04´S 18º37´E); 567 m, off Prince Edward Is. (46º41´S 38º10´E); 1006 m, between Prince Edward and Kerguelen Ils (46º53´S 51º52´E) (lectotype locality not differentiated by author) [46°41´S 38°10´E].
  Paralectotype(s) BMNH 1887.5.2.157 2 specimens, wet; BMNH 1887.5.2.158 wet.
• Iophon chelifer ostiamagna Wilson, H.V. 1904. XXX. The sponges. In Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 30(1): 1-164 pls 1-26 [143].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) (MCZ?), 823 m, Gulf of Panama, Eastern Pacific (7º31´30˜N 79º14´0˜W) [7°31´30˜N 79°14´0˜W]; ZMB type slide, 823 m, Gulf of Panama, Eastern Pacific (7º31´30˜N 79º14´0˜W) [7°31´30˜N 79°14´0˜W].
• Iophon lamella Wilson, H.V. 1904. XXX. The sponges. In Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 30(1): 1-164 pls 1-26 [146].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MCZ whereabouts unknown, 97 m, Galapagos Ils, Eastern Pacific [no coords available in egaz]; ZMB slide, 97 m, Galapagos Ils, Eastern Pacific [no coords available in egaz].
• Iophon lamella indivisus Wilson, H.V. 1904. XXX. The sponges. In Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 30(1): 1-164 pls 1-26 [149].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MCZ whereabouts unknown, 97 m, Galapagos Ils (0º57´S 89º38´W) [0°57´S 89°38´W]; ZMB slide (egaz), 97 m, Galapagos Ils (0º57´S 89º38´W) [0°57´S 89°38´W].
• Iophon indentatus Wilson, H.V. 1904. XXX. The sponges. In Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 30(1): 1-164 pls 1-26 [151].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) MCZ, 91 m, Galapagos Is., Eastern Pacific [no coords available in egaz]; ZMB slide, 91 m, Galapagos Is., Eastern Pacific [no coords available in egaz].
• Iophon proximus reticularis 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 [89].

  Type data:

   Syntype(s) ZMB 4850 wet, Kerguelen Observatory Bay, Subantarctic.
• Burtonella melanokhemia Laubenfels, M.W. de 1928. A new genus and species of sponge from Puget Sound. Publications Puget Sound Biological Station / University of Washington 5: 361-363 [361].

  Type data:

   Status unknown, locality unknown.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Bakus, G.J. 1966. Marine poeciloscleridan sponges of the San Juan Archipelago, Washington. Journal of Zoology, London 149: 415-531 2 pls [479]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Is.; also NW, NE and S Atlantic Ocean, NE, E and SE Pacific Ocean, Subantarctic, New Zealand, S Africa and Southern Ocean.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth subtidal–990 m.

General References

Hooper, J.N.A. in Hooper, J.N.A. & Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. pp. 1-620 in Wells, A. (ed.). Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia Vol. 12 xiii 624 pp. [Date published 21/Nov/1994] (questions conspecificity of all these nominal species, which probably represent distinct regional sibling species)

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