Sycandra elegans
creator: de Haas, Henk
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-29
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 elegans (Bowerbank, 1845)
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 elegans (Bowerbank, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236819 on 2026-08-29
created: 2007-01-29T08:39:50Z
is replaced by: 132252
modified: 2009-12-12T19:04:34Z
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Sycandra elegans (Bowerbank, 1845)
accepted name usage ID: 132252
class: Calcarea
family: Grantiidae
genus: Sycandra
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Bowerbank, J.S. (1845). Description of a new genus of Calcareous Sponge. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 15 (99): 297-300 ,pl. XVII.
name published in year: 1845
order: Leucosolenida
parent name usage ID: 131720
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: (Bowerbank, 1845)
specific epithet: elegans
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: unaccepted