Sycon

Sycon is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm with a length from 2.5 to 7.5 cm, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium hobbyists as "Pineapple" or "Q-Tip" sponges, and are frequent "hitchhikers" accidentally brought in.

Sycon
Sycon raphanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Leucosolenida
Family: Sycettidae
Genus: Sycon
Risso, 1826
Species

See text

Synonyms
List
  • Dunstervillia Bowerbank, 1845
  • Homoderma Lendenfeld, 1885
  • Leuckartea Haeckel, 1872
  • Scypha Gray, 1821
  • Streptoconus Jenkin, 1908
  • Sycarium Haeckel, 1869
  • Sycocystis Haeckel, 1870
  • Sycodendron Haeckel, 1870
  • Sycodendrum Haeckel, 1869
  • Syconella Schmidt, 1868
  • Sycortis Haeckel, 1872
  • Sycum Agassiz, 1846
  • Tenthrenodes Jenkin, 1908

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Sycon:[1]

  • Sycon abyssale Borojevic & raat-Kleeton, 1965
  • Sycon acanthoxea (Little, 1963)
  • Sycon album Tanita, 1942
  • Sycon ampulla (Haeckel, 1870)
  • Sycon antarcticum (Jenkin, 1908)
  • Sycon arcticum (Haeckel, 1870)
  • Sycon australe (Jenkin, 1908)
  • Sycon avus Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017
  • Sycon barbadense (Schuffner, 1877)
  • Sycon bellum Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017
  • Sycon boreale (Schuffner, 1877)
  • Sycon brasiliense Borojevic, 1971
  • Sycon calcaravis Hozawa, 1929
  • Sycon caminatum Thacker, 1908
  • Sycon capricorn Wörheide & Hooper, 2003
  • Sycon carteri Dendy, 1893
  • Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780)
  • Sycon coactum (Urban, 1906)
  • Sycon compactum Lambe, 1893
  • Sycon conulosum Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018
  • Sycon cylindricum Tanita, 1942
  • Sycon defendens Borojevic, 1967
  • Sycon digitiforme Hozawa, 1929
  • Sycon dunstervillia (Haeckel, 1872)
  • Sycon eglintonense Lambe, 1900
  • Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845)
  • Sycon ensiferum Dendy, 1893
  • Sycon escanabense Duplessis & Reiswig, 2000
  • Sycon faulkneri Ilan, Gugel, Galil & Janussen, 2003
  • Sycon formosum (Haeckel, 1870)
  • Sycon frustulosum Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976
  • Sycon gelatinosum (Blainville, 1834)
  • Sycon giganteum Dendy, 1893
  • Sycon globulatum Hozawa, 1929
  • Sycon grantioides Dendy, 1916
  • Sycon helleri (Lendenfeld, 1891)
  • Sycon hozawai Breitfuss, 1932
  • Sycon huinayense Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009
  • Sycon humboldti Risso, 1826 type species
  • Sycon inconspicuum (Lendenfeld, 1885)
  • Sycon incrustans Breitfuss, 1898
  • Sycon karajakense Breitfuss, 1897
  • Sycon kerguelense Urban, 1908
  • Sycon lambei Dendy & Row, 1913
  • Sycon lendenfeldi Row & Hozawa, 1932
  • Sycon lingua (Haeckel, 1870)
  • Sycon lunulatum (Haeckel, 1872)
  • Sycon luteolum Tanita, 1942
  • Sycon magnapicale Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018
  • Sycon matsushimense Tanita, 1940
  • Sycon mexico Hozawa, 1940
  • Sycon minutum Dendy, 1893
  • Sycon misakiense Hozawa, 1929
  • Sycon mundulum Lambe, 1900
  • Sycon munitum Jenkin, 1908
  • Sycon natalense Borojevic, 1967
  • Sycon okadai Hozawa, 1929
  • Sycon ornatum Kirk, 1898
  • Sycon oscari Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
  • Sycon parvulum (Preiwisch, 1904)
  • Sycon pedicellatum Kirk, 1911
  • Sycon pentactinalis Rossi, Farina, Borojevic & Klautau, 2006
  • Sycon plumosum Tanita, 1943
  • Sycon proboscideum Breitfuss, 1898
  • Sycon proboscideum (Haeckel, 1870)
  • Sycon protectum Lambe, 1896
  • Sycon pulchrum Tanita, 1943
  • Sycon quadrangulatum (Schmidt, 1868)
  • Sycon ramsayi (Lendenfeld, 1885)
  • Sycon raphanus Schmidt, 1862
  • Sycon rotundum Tanita, 1941
  • Sycon satsumense Hozawa, 1929
  • Sycon scaldiense (Van Koolwijk, 1982)
  • Sycon schmidti (Haeckel, 1872)
  • Sycon schuffneri Dendy & Row, 1913
  • Sycon setosum Schmidt, 1862
  • Sycon simushirense Hozawa, 1918
  • Sycon stauriferum (Preiwisch, 1904)
  • Sycon subhispidum (Carter, 1886)
  • Sycon sycandra (Lendenfeld, 1895)
  • Sycon tuba Lendenfeld, 1891
  • Sycon urugamii Tanita, 1940
  • Sycon verum Row & Hozawa, 1931
  • Sycon vigilans Sarà & Gaino, 1971
  • Sycon villosum (Haeckel, 1870)
  • Sycon yatsui Hozawa, 1929

References

  1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 20 March 2018.


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