WoRMS name details
Sycon arcticum (Haeckel, 1870)
132248 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132248)
unaccepted > nomen nudum (Nomen nudum)
Species
Sycum arcticum Haeckel, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
- Variety Sycon arcticum var. maximum (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Grantia arctica (Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Sycum arcticum Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] 
Type locality contained in East Greenland Shelf, North and East Barents...
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 arcticum (Haeckel, 1870). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132248 on 2026-02-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sycum arcticum Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
Other
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]
additional source Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00989.x [details] Available for editors
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additional source Levinsen, G.M.R. (1887). Kara-Havets Svampe (Porifera). <em>Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte.</em> 1: 339-372, pls XXIX-XXXI. [details]
additional source Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00989.x [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Levinsen, G.M.R. (1887). Kara-Havets Svampe (Porifera). <em>Dijmphna-Togtets zoologisk-botaniske Udbytte.</em> 1: 339-372, pls XXIX-XXXI. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unknown type (of Sycum arcticum Haeckel, 1870), geounit Arctic Ocean [details]
