Eurypon obtusum Vacelet, 1969
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
- Eurypon obtusum Vacelet, 1969
- Name authority
- Vacelet, 1969
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Demospongiae
- Order
- Axinellida
- Family
- Raspailiidae
- Genus
- Eurypon
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumPorifera Grant, 1836
- classDemospongiae Sollas, 1885
- subclassHeteroscleromorpha Cárdenas, Pérez & Boury-Esnault, 2012
- orderAxinellida Lévi, 1953
- familyRaspailiidae Nardo, 1833
- subfamilyRaspailiinae Nardo, 1833
- genusEurypon Gray, 1867
- speciesEurypon obtusum Vacelet, 1969
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Eurypon. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Eurypon calypsoi Lévi, 1958 | RaspailiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurypon cinctum Sarà, 1960 | RaspailiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurypon debrumi (de Laubenfels, 1954) | RaspailiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurypon denisae Vacelet, 1969 | RaspailiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Eurypon diversicolor Aguilar-Camacho & Carballo, 2013 | RaspailiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurypon duoacanthostyla (Hoshino, 1981) | RaspailiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurypon encrusta (Thomas, 1981) | RaspailiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurypon gracile Bertolino, Calcinai & Pansini, 2013 | RaspailiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurypon hispidum Bergquist, 1970 | RaspailiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurypon lamellatum (Lévi, 1993) | RaspailiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurypon lictor (Topsent, 1904) | RaspailiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eurypon longispiculum (Carter, 1876) | RaspailiidaePorifera | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Vacelet, J. (1969). Eponges de la Roche du Large et de l’étage bathyal de Méditerranée (Récoltes de la soucoupe plongeante Cousteau et dragages). Mémoires du Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle. Mémoires Du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (A, Zoologie), 59. 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:3D63V. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.