WoRMS taxon details
Sycon Risso, 1827
AphiaID: 131723
AphiaID: 131723
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Calcaronea (Subclass) > Leucosolenida (Order) > Sycettidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | ||||||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Sycon humboldti Risso, 1827 (type by monotypy) | ||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Sycettidae Dendy, 1893 | ||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Dunstervillia Bowerbank, 1845 (junior synonym) Homoderma Lendenfeld, 1885 (preoccupied and junior synonym) Leuckartea Haeckel, 1872 (junior synonym) Scypha Gray, 1821 (nomen oblitum) Streptoconus Jenkin, 1908 (junior synonym) Sycarium Haeckel, 1869 (junior synonym) Sycocystis Haeckel, 1870 (junior synonym) Sycodendron Haeckel, 1870 (junior synonym) Sycodendrum Haeckel, 1869 (junior synonym) Syconella Schmidt, 1868 (junior synonym) Sycortis Haeckel, 1872 (junior synonym) Sycum Agassiz, 1846 (junior synonym) Tenthrenodes Jenkin, 1908 (junior synonym) | ||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Risso, A., 1827. Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l’Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes, Vol. 5 [imprint 1826]: i-vii, 1-403, Plates 1-10. F.-G. Levrault, Paris. [details] [full text]
basis of record: Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 1157-1184 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS) [details] from synonym: Bowerbank, J.S. 1845a. Description of a new genus of Calcareous Sponge. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15 (99): 297-300,pl. XVII. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. 1994. Porifera. Pp. 1-620. In: Wells, A. (Ed.), Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. (CSIRO: Melbourne)., available online at http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/abrs/online-resources/fauna/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist#selected [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Lendenfeld, R. Von 1885d. The Homocoela hitherto described from Australia and the new family Homodermidae. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 9: 896-907. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Howson, C.M.; Picton, B.E. (Ed.) (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Gray, S.F. 1821. A natural arrangement of British plants. London [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Schmidt, O. 1868. Die Spongien der Küste von Algier. Mit Nachträgen zu den Spongien des Adriatischen Meeres (Drittes Supplement). (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-iv, 1-44, pls I-V. [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Haeckel, E. 1872b. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. (G. Reimer:Berlin): (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] [view taxon] [full text] from synonym: Agassiz, L., 1846. Nomenclatoris Zoologici Index Universalis, continens nomina systematica classium, ordinum, familiarum et generum animalium omnium, tam viventium quam fossilium, secundum ordinem alphabeticum unicum disposita, adjectis homonymus plantarum nec non variis adnotationibus et emendationibus: i-x, 1-1135. Soloduri. : Sumptibus Jent et Gassman, available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33664307 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Jenkin, C.F. 1908b. Porifera. III. Calcarea. National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 Natural History 4, Zoology: 1-49, pls XXVII-XXXVIII. [details] [view taxon] [full text] | ||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Sycon abyssale Borojevic & Graat-Kleeton, 1965 Species Sycon acanthoxea (Little, 1963) Species Sycon album Tanita, 1942 Species Sycon ampulla (Haeckel, 1870) Species Sycon antarcticum (Jenkin, 1908) Species Sycon arcticum (Haeckel, 1870) Species Sycon asperum (Gibson, 1886) Species Sycon australe (Jenkin, 1908) Species Sycon barbadense (Schuffner, 1877) Species Sycon boreale (Schuffner, 1877) Species Sycon brasiliense Borojevic, 1971 Species Sycon calcaravis Hozawa, 1929 Species Sycon caminatum Thacker, 1908 Species Sycon capricorn Wörheide & Hooper, 2003 Species Sycon carteri Dendy, 1893 Species Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) Species Sycon coactum (Urban, 1906) Species Sycon compactum Lambe, 1893 Species Sycon cylindricum Tanita, 1942 Species Sycon defendens Borojevic, 1967 Species Sycon digitiforme Hozawa, 1929 Species Sycon dunstervillia (Haeckel, 1872) Species Sycon eglintonense Lambe, 1900 Species Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845) Species Sycon ensiferum Dendy, 1893 Species Sycon escanabense Duplessis & Reiswig, 2000 Species Sycon faulkneri Ilan, Gugel, Galil & Janussen, 2003 Species Sycon formosum (Haeckel, 1870) Species Sycon frustulosum Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976 Species Sycon gelatinosum (Blainville, 1834) Species Sycon giganteum Dendy, 1893 Species Sycon globulatum Hozawa, 1929 Species Sycon grantioides Dendy, 1916 Species Sycon helleri (Lendenfeld, 1891) Species Sycon hozawai Breitfuss, 1932 Species Sycon huinayense Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009 Species Sycon humboldti Risso, 1827 Species Sycon inconspicuum (Lendenfeld, 1885) Species Sycon incrustans Breitfuss, 1898 Species Sycon karajakense Breitfuss, 1897 Species Sycon kerguelense Urban, 1908 Species Sycon lambei Dendy & Row, 1913 Species Sycon lendenfeldi Row & Hozawa, 1931 Species Sycon lingua (Haeckel, 1870) Species Sycon lunulatum (Haeckel, 1872) Species Sycon luteolum Tanita, 1942 Species Sycon matsushimense Tanita, 1940 Species Sycon mexico Hôzawa, 1940 Species Sycon minutum Dendy, 1893 Species Sycon misakiense Hozawa, 1929 Species Sycon mundulum Lambe, 1900 Species Sycon munitum Jenkin, 1908 Species Sycon natalense Borojevic, 1967 Species Sycon okadai Hozawa, 1929 Species Sycon ornatum Kirk, 1898 Species Sycon parvulum (Preiwisch, 1904) Species Sycon pedicellatum Kirk, 1897 Species Sycon pentactinale Rossi, Farina, Borojevic & Klautau, 2006 Species Sycon plumosum Tanita, 1943 Species Sycon proboscideum Breitfuss, 1898 Species Sycon proboscideum (Haeckel, 1870) Species Sycon protectum Lambe, 1896 Species Sycon pulchrum Tanita, 1943 Species Sycon quadrangulatum (Schmidt, 1868) Species Sycon ramsayi (Lendenfeld, 1885) Species Sycon raphanus Schmidt, 1862 Species Sycon rotundum Tanita, 1941 Species Sycon satsumense Hozawa, 1929 Species Sycon scaldiense (Van Koolwijk, 1982) Species Sycon schmidti (Haeckel, 1872) Species Sycon schuffneri Dendy & Row, 1913 Species Sycon setosum Schmidt, 1862 Species Sycon simushirense Hozawa, 1918 Species Sycon stauriferum (Preiwisch, 1904) Species Sycon subhispidum (Carter, 1886) Species Sycon sycandra (Lendenfeld, 1895) Species Sycon tabulatum (Schuffner, 1877) Species Sycon tenellum Lendenfeld, 1891 Species Sycon tuba Lendenfeld, 1891 Species Sycon urugamii Tanita, 1940 Species Sycon verum Row & Hozawa, 1931 Species Sycon vigilans Sarà & Gaino, 1971 Species Sycon villosum (Haeckel, 1870) Species Sycon yatsui Hozawa, 1929 Species Sycon asperum Schmidt, 1862 accepted as Leucandra aspera (Schmidt, 1862) Species Sycon asperum Lambe, 1896 accepted as Sycon lambei Dendy & Row, 1913 Species Sycon boomerang Dendy, 1893 accepted as Grantessa boomerang (Dendy, 1893) Species Sycon capillosum (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Grantia capillosa (Schmidt, 1862) Species Sycon compressum (Fabricius, 1780) accepted as Grantia compressa (Fabricius, 1780) Species Sycon coronatum (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) Species Sycon dendyi Kirk, 1895 accepted as Sycute dendyi (Kirk, 1895) Species Sycon eglintonensis Lambe, 1900 accepted as Sycon eglintonense Lambe, 1900 Species Sycon humboldtii (Risso, 1826) accepted as Sycon humboldti Risso, 1827 Species Sycon petiolatum Schmidt in Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Sycon ampulla (Haeckel, 1870) Species Sycon quadrangulata (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Sycon quadrangulatum (Schmidt, 1868) Species Sycon quadratum (Schuffner, 1877) accepted as Sycon schuffneri Dendy & Row, 1913 Species Sycon ramosum (Smith in Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Grantessa ramosa (Haeckel, 1872) Species Sycon simushirensis Hozawa, 1918 accepted as Sycon simushirense Hozawa, 1918 Species Sycon tergestinum (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Sycon raphanus Schmidt, 1862 | ||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | ||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | South Africa (country) [details] West Coast of Norway [details] | ||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131723 | ||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Sycon. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131723 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||||||||
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