World Porifera Database - Species - Sycon barbadense (Schuffner, 1877)

Porifera taxon details

Sycon barbadense (Schuffner, 1877)

AphiaID

164562 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164562)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Sycon Risso, 1827

Original name

Sycandra barbadense Schuffner, 1877

Synonymised names

Sycandra barbadense Schuffner, 1877 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Sycandra barbadense Schuffner, 1877) Schuffner, O. 1877. Beschreibung einiger neuer Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 11: 403-433 pls XXIV-XXVI.
page(s): 429 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean

type locality contained in Eastern Caribbean [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Sycon barbadense (Schuffner, 1877). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=164562 on 2026-07-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2009-12-11 16:36:01Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Sycandra barbadense Schuffner, 1877) Schuffner, O. 1877. Beschreibung einiger neuer Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 11: 403-433 pls XXIV-XXVI.
page(s): 429 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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