WoRMS name details
Sycon ampullum
1258729 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1258729)
unaccepted (misspelling of species name)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sycarium ampulla Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191. [details] 
Nomenclature Jenkin's correction of Haeckel's name was apparently done because he wanted to match the species name to the gender of the...
Nomenclature Jenkin's correction of Haeckel's name was apparently done because he wanted to match the species name to the gender of the genus. However, ampulla is a noun, so the change is not warranted. [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Sycon ampullum. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1258729 on 2026-05-21
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Nomenclature
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(of Sycarium ampulla Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191. [details]
basis of record Jenkin, C.F. (1908). The Marine Fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland M.A., in the Years 1901 & 1902, The Calcareous Sponges. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1908 : 434-456., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1908.tb07387.x
page(s): 443 [details]
basis of record Jenkin, C.F. (1908). The Marine Fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland M.A., in the Years 1901 & 1902, The Calcareous Sponges. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1908 : 434-456., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1908.tb07387.x
page(s): 443 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Jenkin's correction of Haeckel's name was apparently done because he wanted to match the species name to the gender of the genus. However, ampulla is a noun, so the change is not warranted. [details]
