Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea > Subclass Calcaronea > Order Leucosolenida > Family Sycettidae > Genus Sycon

Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sycon*	Risso, 1827	accepted genus name
*Dunstervillia*	Bowerbank, 1845	synonym
*Homoderma*	Lendenfeld, 1885	synonym
*Scypha*	Gray, 1821	synonym
*Syconella*	Schmidt, 1868	synonym
*Sycortis*	Haeckel, 1872	synonym
*Sycum*	Agassiz, 1846	synonym

Species group names

*Dunstervillia elegans*	Bowerbank, 1845	basionym
*Scypha elegans*	(Bowerbank, 1845)	basionym
*Dunstervillia elegans*	Bowerbank, 1845	synonym
*Scypha elegans*	(Bowerbank, 1845)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: gekraagde kalkspons

Literature

original description	Bowerbank, J.S. 1845a. Description of a new genus of Calcareous Sponge. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15 (99): 297-300,pl. XVII.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103
additional source	Cruz, T. 2002. Esponjas marinas de Canarias. Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias, S/C Tenerife. 260 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845). In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132252