World Porifera Database - Species - Sycon poireti Risso, 1827

Porifera name details

Sycon poireti Risso, 1827

AphiaID

1445842 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1445842)

Classification

Status

uncertain > taxon inquirendum

Rank

Species

Parent

Sycon Risso, 1827

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Risso, A. (1827). Histoire Naturelle des Principales Productions de l'Europe Méridionale et Particulièrement de Celles des Environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome V. <em>Paris: F.-G. Levrault.</em> i-viii + 1-403 pp., [pls. 1-10], figs. 1-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39428259
page(s): 368 [details]

Taxonomic 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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Sycon poireti Risso, 1827. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1445842 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2020-07-03 10:51:48Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (1)
Notes (1)

original description Risso, A. (1827). Histoire Naturelle des Principales Productions de l'Europe Méridionale et Particulièrement de Celles des Environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. Tome V. <em>Paris: F.-G. Levrault.</em> i-viii + 1-403 pp., [pls. 1-10], figs. 1-62., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39428259
page(s): 368 [details]

From editor or global species database

Identification The description is unclear, but Risso refered to Poiret's (1789) description of Spongia ficiformis (= Petrosia (Petrosia) ficiformis), which makes it unlikely to be a Sycon in the currrent sense. [details]