CaRMS name details
Scypha Gray, 1821
131719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131719)
unaccepted (nomen oblitum)
Genus
Sycettidae Dendy, 1893 accepted as Syconidae Poléjaeff, 1883
- Species Scypha ciliata (Fabricius, 1780) accepted as Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) (genus transfer)
- Species Scypha protecta (Lambe, 1896) accepted as Sycon protectum Lambe, 1896 accepted as Grantia arctica (Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British Plants. Volume I. Baldwin, London: i-xxvii, 1-821, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30086635 [details] 
Nomenclature De Laubenfels (1936: 196) learned from Dendy & Row (1913) that Scypha Gray, 1821 could be a synonym with priority over...
Nomenclature De Laubenfels (1936: 196) learned from Dendy & Row (1913) that Scypha Gray, 1821 could be a synonym with priority over Sycon Risso, 1826. The latter authors argued that this should be kept a 'nomen oblitum' and that the much wider used Sycon should stay in use. Instead of following this advice, De Laubenfels proceeded to assign Spongia coronata Ellis & Solander, 1786 (=Sycon ciliatum) as the type species of Scypha as the first mentioned by Gray, and proposed to refer Sycon to its junior synonymy. Unfortunately, Burton (1963) followed De Laubenfels proposal and promoted the use of Scypha for species of Sycon with some succes over a short period of years. The result of these unfortunate interventions of De Laubenfels and Burton is that suppression of the name Scypha under Art. 23.9.1 is no longer possible. The Commission of the ICZN must be approached to have the name Scypha suppressed in favor of Sycon. This has been done recently by Van Soest & Klautau (2021). [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Scypha Gray, 1821. Accessed through: Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025) Canadian Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131719 on 2025-04-24
Nozères, C., Kennedy, M.K. (Eds.) (2025). Canadian Register of Marine Species. Scypha Gray, 1821. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/carms/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131719 on 2025-04-24
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Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British Plants. Volume I. Baldwin, London: i-xxvii, 1-821, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30086635 [details]
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source Van Soest, R.W.M; Klautau, M. (2021). Case 3836 – <i>Sycon</i> Risso, 1827 (Porifera, Sycettidae): proposed conservation of the genus name. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 78(2): 69-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v78.a023 [details] Available for editors
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
status source Van Soest, R.W.M; Klautau, M. (2021). Case 3836 – <i>Sycon</i> Risso, 1827 (Porifera, Sycettidae): proposed conservation of the genus name. <em>The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature.</em> 78(2): 69-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v78.a023 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature De Laubenfels (1936: 196) learned from Dendy & Row (1913) that Scypha Gray, 1821 could be a synonym with priority over Sycon Risso, 1826. The latter authors argued that this should be kept a 'nomen oblitum' and that the much wider used Sycon should stay in use. Instead of following this advice, De Laubenfels proceeded to assign Spongia coronata Ellis & Solander, 1786 (=Sycon ciliatum) as the type species of Scypha as the first mentioned by Gray, and proposed to refer Sycon to its junior synonymy. Unfortunately, Burton (1963) followed De Laubenfels proposal and promoted the use of Scypha for species of Sycon with some succes over a short period of years. The result of these unfortunate interventions of De Laubenfels and Burton is that suppression of the name Scypha under Art. 23.9.1 is no longer possible. The Commission of the ICZN must be approached to have the name Scypha suppressed in favor of Sycon. This has been done recently by Van Soest & Klautau (2021). [details]
