Sycon Risso, 1827 
AphiaID: 131723

Classification: Biota > Animalia > Porifera > Calcarea > Calcaronea > Leucosolenida > Sycettidae

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Sycettidae Dendy, 1893
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]
Vernacular Names		Language    Name   English hairy tube-sponges  [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780)
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2004-12-21 15:54:05Z   created   van Soest, Rob 2005-04-03 15:15:02Z   changed   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2009-05-06 11:23:27Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2012-10-18 10:48:19Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Sycon Risso, 1827. 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: VLIZ Belgian Marine Species Consortium (2010) The Belgian Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/berms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131723 on 2013-05-19
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