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<taxonomicName id="4C464D45CD26881780BEFF4EFDF2FF1E" ID-CoL="6MWVY" authority="Topsent, 1907" authorityName="Topsent" authorityYear="1907" box="[151,534,221,247]" class="Demospongiae" family="Acarnidae" genus="Iophon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="21" pageNumber="49" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="unicorne">
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881780BEFF4EFDF2FF1E" bold="true" box="[151,534,221,247]" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881780BEFF4EFE87FF1E" bold="true" box="[151,355,221,247]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Iophon unicorne</emphasis>
Topsent, 1907
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(
<figureCitation id="137D2A43CD26881780B6FF6CFF06FEFE" box="[159,226,255,279]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="11.[151,250,1524,1547]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,267,1503]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,267,1503]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURE 3. Habitus pictures. A: Tetilla leptoderma Sollas, 1886 (SMF 11760), alive, ex situ, B: Polymastia invaginata Kirkpatrick, 1907 (SMF 11777), alive, ex situ, C: Tentorium semisuberites (Schmidt, 1870) (SMF 11788), alive, ex situ, D: Tentorium papillatum (Kirkpatrick, 1908) (SMF 11787), alive, ex situ, E: Stylocordyla cf. chupachups Uriz, Gili, Orejas &amp; Perez-Porro, 2011 (SMF 11771), in ethanol, F: Iophon unicorne Topsent, 1907 (SMF 11812), in ethanol, G: Raspailia (Hymeraphiopsis) irregularis Hentschel, 1914 (SMF 11806), in ethanol, H: Inflatella belli (Kirkpatrick, 1907) (SMF 11811), in ethanol, I: Lissodendoryx (Ectyodoryx) ramilobosa (Topsent, 1916) (SMF 11808), in ethanol, J: Lissodendoryx (Lissodendoryx) cf. styloderma Hentschel, 1914 (SMF 11826), in ethanol, K: Crella (Pytheas) crassa (Hentschel, 1914) (SMF 11832), in ethanol. Scale bars: A: 30 mm, B: 10, F K mm, C E: 5 mm." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/249022/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
F)
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<taxonomicName id="4C464D45CD26881780BEFEDBFDE1FEB4" authority="Topsent, 1907: 72" authorityName="Topsent" authorityPageNumber="72" authorityYear="1907" box="[151,517,328,350]" class="Demospongiae" family="Acarnidae" genus="Iophon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="21" pageNumber="49" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="unicorne">
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881780BEFEDBFEA5FEB7" box="[151,321,328,350]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Iophon unicorne</emphasis>
Topsent, 1907: 72
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. Boury-Esnault &amp; van Beveren 1982: 8789, fig. 25. Desqueyroux &amp; Moyano 1987: 49. Desqueyroux-Faúndez 1989, 120, pl. 3, figs 17ad, pl. 12, figs. 6870. Pansini
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881783DBFEFBFBFBFE94" box="[1010,1055,359,381]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">et al</emphasis>
. 1994: 75. Gutt &amp; Koltun 1995: 231. Cattaneo-Vietti
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD2688178141FE15FE7FFE72" box="[360,411,389,411]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">et al.</emphasis>
1999: 540. Campos
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD2688178245FE15FD44FE72" box="[620,672,389,411]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">et al.</emphasis>
2007b: 745, figs. 1017, tab. 2.
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<paragraph id="8BF936C6CD26881780BEFE50FEE8FE31" blockId="21.[151,1436,451,534]" box="[151,268,451,472]" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Synonymy:</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4C464D45CD26881780BEFE72FD43FE1E" authority="Kirkpatrick, 1907: 276" authorityName="Kirkpatrick" authorityPageNumber="276" authorityYear="1907" box="[151,679,481,503]" class="Demospongiae" family="Acarnidae" genus="Iophon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="21" pageNumber="49" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="spatulatum">
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881780BEFE72FEB1FE1E" box="[151,341,481,503]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Iophon spatulatum</emphasis>
Kirkpatrick, 1907: 276, 1908: 29
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30, pl. 21, figs. 5, 5ac, pl. 25, figs. 5ad. Koltun 1964: 58, pl. 10, figs. 1 9, 1976: 182. Desqueyroux 1975: 64, pl. 3, figs. 3640. Sarà
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD2688178318FD92FCBAFDFF" box="[817,862,512,534]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">et al</emphasis>
. 1990: 254. Barthel
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD2688178407FD92FBBEFDFF" box="[1070,1114,512,534]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">et al</emphasis>
. 1997: 48.
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881780BEFDD1FEE2FDB2" bold="true" box="[151,262,578,603]" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Material.</emphasis>
Several fragments of probably about
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from station 048-1 (SMF 11807, 11812, 11845),
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,
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,
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,
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.
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD2688178295FDF5FB8EFD97" box="[700,1130,614,638]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Material examined for comparison:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD2688178452FDF5FA78FD97" box="[1147,1436,614,638]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Iophon flabellodigitatum</emphasis>
Kirkpatrick, 1907
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: BMNH 1908.2.5.153,
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, wet specimen, BMNH 1908.2.5.153.C,
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, slide, BMNH 1908.2.5.153.K,
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, slide, Colln of the National
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Expedition HMS “Discovery”, described in Kirkpatrick 1908.
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881780EEFD65FEBDFCE6" bold="true" box="[199,345,758,783]" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Description.</emphasis>
Our fragmentary specimens are massive sponges, overgrowing bryozoans. Skeleton consisting of an anisotropic reticulation of anisoxeas, not very well preserved in specimens, with a tangential ectosomal crust of tylotes. Spicules anisoxeas with the point on one end usually characteristically bent, 410510
<date id="FFF81006CD26881784FDFCACFAECFCBF" box="[1236,1288,830,854]" pageId="21" pageNumber="49" value="1915-10">x 15</date>
µm, slightly curved acanthotylotes with slender tyles at each end, usually bearing small terminal spines, 280340
<date id="FFF81006CD2688178519FCF0FA81FC93" box="[1328,1381,866,890]" pageId="21" pageNumber="49" value="2010-10">x 10</date>
µm, palmate anisochelae with distally oriented spines on the top of the side with short alae, 1517.5 µm, and bipocilla 1012.5 µm.
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881780EEFC5CFEDFFC0E" bold="true" box="[199,315,975,999]" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Remarks.</emphasis>
This species has been recorded and documented several times (Topsent 1907; Burton 1929; Koltun 1964; as
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881780D4FC67FE6CFBE2" box="[253,392,1011,1035]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">I. spatulatus</emphasis>
, Boury-Esnault
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&amp; van Beveren 1982, Campos
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881783B7FC67FC34FBE2" box="[926,976,1011,1035]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">et al</emphasis>
. 2007b) and can therefore be considered well-known. However, the taxonomy of the species is still problematic: Burton (1929) united all
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD2688178565FB85FA7FFBC7" box="[1356,1435,1046,1070]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Iophon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
spp. under the name of
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD268817818AFBA8FD75FBBA" box="[419,657,1083,1107]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Iophonopsis radiatus</emphasis>
(Topsent, 1901)
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. This decision was not generally accepted, although the synonymy of
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD2688178176FBF3FE38FB9E" box="[351,476,1120,1143]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">I. unicorne</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD268817823CFBCDFD0DFB9F" box="[533,745,1118,1142]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Iophon spatulatum</emphasis>
Kirkpatrick, 1907
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seems doubtless (Ríos
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881784EEFBF3FB1DFB9F" box="[1223,1273,1118,1143]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">et al</emphasis>
. 2004). There are also several similarities between
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD2688178217FB17FD58FB72" box="[574,700,1156,1179]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">I. unicorne</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881782DEFB10FBF5FB72" box="[759,1041,1155,1179]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">Iophon flabellodigitatum</emphasis>
Kirkpatrick, 1907
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which raise the question, whether these two species are reliably distinguishable. According to Ríos
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD2688178469FB3BFB95FB57" box="[1088,1137,1190,1215]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">et al</emphasis>
. (2004), who plead for the maintenance of the two species, the main difference is the shape of the acanthotylotes, which in
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881784DAFB5FFA95FB0A" box="[1267,1393,1228,1251]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">I. unicorne</emphasis>
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are slightly curved, while those in
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881781C4FB63FD21FAEF" box="[493,709,1262,1287]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">I. flabellodigitatum</emphasis>
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are straight. Also, the tyle on one end of the acanthotylotes bears one strong distal spine in
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881781E1FA87FD47FAC2" box="[456,675,1299,1323]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">I. flabellodigitatum</emphasis>
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, while in
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD2688178337FA87FC79FAC2" box="[798,925,1300,1323]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">I. unicorne</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
both ends of the acanthotylotes are equally covered by small distally oriented spines. The curvature of the acanthotylotes seems to be a weak characteristic, which we can also observe in our sponge, in which acanthotylotes are only slightly, but distinctly, curved. Thus, the significance of such a character appears questionable. Acanthotylotes with one distal spine significantly longer than the other have been recorded previously from
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881782F8FA37FCA9FA52" box="[721,845,1444,1467]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">I. unicorne</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Campos
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD2688178396FA37FC0BFA52" box="[959,1007,1443,1467]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">et al</emphasis>
. 2007b; Ríos 2006). Considering, that these spines are of length between 1 and 10 µm, one can also be doubtful about this point. Thus, we come to the conclusion, in accordance with Ríos (2006), that the differences between
<taxonomicName id="4C464D45CD26881783C9FA7FFBB9F9EA" box="[992,1117,1516,1539]" class="Demospongiae" family="Acarnidae" genus="Iophon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Poecilosclerida" pageId="21" pageNumber="49" phylum="Porifera" rank="species" species="unicorne">
<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881783C9FA7FFBB9F9EA" box="[992,1117,1516,1539]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">I. unicorne</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B932EAD4CD26881784BEFA7FFA95F9EA" box="[1175,1393,1515,1539]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="49">I. flabellodigitatum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are very weak and that a synonymization of these species appears to be necessary, although this is not done by us, because we lack the material needed for such a taxonomic decision.
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