Sycandra compressa
creator: de Haas, Henk
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-28
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Sycandra compressa (Fabricius, 1780)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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. Sycandra compressa (Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236305 on 2026-08-28
created: 2007-01-11T08:54:45Z
is replaced by: 132181
modified: 2009-12-14T19:28:04Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Sycandra compressa (Fabricius, 1780)
accepted name usage ID: 132181
class: Calcarea
family: Grantiidae
genus: Sycandra
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe. xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl.
name published in year: 1780
order: Leucosolenida
parent name usage ID: 131720
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: (Fabricius, 1780)
specific epithet: compressa
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted