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Cyamon neon de Laubenfels, 1930

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Cyamon neon de Laubenfels, 1930
Name authority
de Laubenfels, 1930
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Axinellida
Family
Raspailiidae
Genus
Cyamon
Extinction status
Recorded extant

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumPorifera Grant, 1836
  4. classDemospongiae Sollas, 1885
  5. subclassHeteroscleromorpha Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012
  6. orderAxinellida Lévi, 1953
  7. familyRaspailiidae Nardo, 1833
  8. subfamilyCyamoninae Hooper, 2002
  9. genusCyamon Gray, 1867
  10. speciesCyamon neon de Laubenfels, 1930

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Cyamon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Cyamon arguinense van Soest, Carballo & Hooper, 2012RaspailiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cyamon koltuni Sim & Bakus, 1986RaspailiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cyamon quadriradiatum (Carter, 1880)RaspailiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cyamon vickersii (Bowerbank, 1864)RaspailiidaePoriferaAccepted speciesRecorded extant

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Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Cyamon argon Dickinson, 1945 Dickinson, 1945synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Laubenfels, & de, M. W. (1932). The marine and fresh-water sponges of California. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 81 (2927):1–140. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2927.1 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:32N2J. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.