World Porifera Database - Species - Sycon boomerang Dendy, 1893

Porifera name details

Sycon boomerang Dendy, 1893

AphiaID

194216 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:194216)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Grantessa boomerang (Dendy, 1893)

Rank

Species

Parent

Sycon Risso, 1827

Original name

Sycon boomerang Dendy, 1893

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Dendy, A. (1892). Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela; with a proposed Classification of the Group and Descriptions of some New Genera and Species. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 5: 69-116. [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Bassian

type locality contained in Bassian [details]

, Note Port Phillip Heads, S Australia

Type locality Port Phillip Heads, S Australia [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 boomerang Dendy, 1893. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=194216 on 2026-09-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-12-14 18:28:04Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Dendy, A. (1892). Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela; with a proposed Classification of the Group and Descriptions of some New Genera and Species. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 5: 69-116. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Type locality Port Phillip Heads, S Australia [details]