''Sycon'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
calcareous sponges
The calcareous sponges or calcereans are sponges that make up the class Calcarea, characterized by spicules made of calcium carbonate in the form of high-magnesium calcite or aragonite. While the spicules in most species are triradiate (with three ...
belonging to the family
Sycettidae
Sycettidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Leucosolenida.
References
*http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131617 accessed 11 November 2010''Sycettidae''at Encyclopedia of Life
The Encyclopedia of Life (EOL ...
. 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.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Sycon'':
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Sycon abyssale''
Borojevic & raat-Kleeton, 1965
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Sycon acanthoxea''
(Little, 1963)
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Sycon album''
Tanita, 1942
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Sycon ampulla''
(Haeckel, 1870)
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Sycon antarcticum''
(Jenkin, 1908)
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Sycon arcticum''
(Haeckel, 1870)
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Sycon australe''
(Jenkin, 1908)
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Sycon avus''
Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017
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Sycon barbadense''
(Schuffner, 1877)
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Sycon bellum''
Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017
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Sycon boreale''
(Schuffner, 1877)
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Sycon brasiliense''
Borojevic, 1971
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Sycon calcaravis
''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 a ...
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Hozawa, 1929
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Sycon caminatum''
Thacker, 1908
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Sycon capricorn
''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 aqu ...
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Wörheide & Hooper, 2003
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Sycon carteri
''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 aqu ...
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Dendy, 1893
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Sycon ciliatum
''Sycon ciliatum'' is a species of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Sycettidae. Description
This small purse sponge grows singly or in small groups from a single holdfast. It is up to five centimetres long, fairly stiff, greyish-white ...
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(Fabricius, 1780)
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Sycon coactum
''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 a ...
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(Urban, 1906)
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Sycon compactum
''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 a ...
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Lambe, 1893
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Sycon conulosum
''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 a ...
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Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018
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Sycon cylindricum
''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 a ...
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Tanita, 1942
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Sycon defendens
''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 a ...
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Borojevic, 1967
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Sycon digitiforme
''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 a ...
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Hozawa, 1929
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Sycon dunstervillia
''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 a ...
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(Haeckel, 1872)
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Sycon eglintonense
''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 a ...
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Lambe, 1900
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Sycon elegans
''Sycon elegans'' is a species of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae.
See also
* List of sponges of Ireland
There are 290 species of sponges recorded in Ireland, although the true figure is thought to be close to 500; 1 ...
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(Bowerbank, 1845)
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Sycon ensiferum
''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 aq ...
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Dendy, 1893
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Sycon escanabense
''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 aqu ...
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Duplessis & Reiswig, 2000
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Sycon faulkneri
''Sycon faulkneri'' is a species of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Sycettidae.
This is a small tubular sponge (less than 1 cm) found on soft substrates in deep waters in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean ...
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Ilan, Gugel, Galil & Janussen, 2003
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Sycon formosum''
(Haeckel, 1870)
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Sycon frustulosum''
Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976
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Sycon gelatinosum
''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 aq ...
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(Blainville, 1834)
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Sycon giganteum''
Dendy, 1893
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Sycon globulatum''
Hozawa, 1929
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Sycon grantioides''
Dendy, 1916
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Sycon helleri''
(Lendenfeld, 1891)
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Sycon hozawai''
Breitfuss, 1932
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Sycon huinayense
''Sycon huinayense'' is a species of sponge found on light-exposed vertical substrates at depths of .Azevedo, F.; Hajdu, E.; Willenz, P.; Klautau, M. (2009). New Records of Calcareous Sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from the Chilean coast. Zootaxa. ...
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Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009
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Sycon humboldti
''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 a ...
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Risso, 1826 type species
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Sycon inconspicuum''
(Lendenfeld, 1885)
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Sycon incrustans''
Breitfuss, 1898
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Sycon karajakense
''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 aqu ...
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Breitfuss, 1897
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Sycon kerguelense
''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 aqu ...
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Urban, 1908
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Sycon lambei
''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 aqu ...
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Dendy & Row, 1913
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Sycon lendenfeldi''
Row & Hozawa, 1932
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Sycon lingua''
(Haeckel, 1870)
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Sycon lunulatum''
(Haeckel, 1872)
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Sycon luteolum''
Tanita, 1942
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Sycon magnapicale
''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 aq ...
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Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018
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Sycon matsushimense''
Tanita, 1940
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Sycon mexico''
Hozawa, 1940
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Sycon minutum''
Dendy, 1893
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Sycon misakiense''
Hozawa, 1929
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Sycon mundulum
''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 aq ...
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Lambe, 1900
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Sycon munitum''
Jenkin, 1908
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Sycon natalense''
Borojevic, 1967
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Sycon okadai''
Hozawa, 1929
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Sycon ornatum''
Kirk, 1898
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Sycon oscari''
Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
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Sycon parvulum''
(Preiwisch, 1904)
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Sycon pedicellatum
''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 aqu ...
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Kirk, 1911
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Sycon pentactinalis
''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 aq ...
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Rossi, Farina, Borojevic & Klautau, 2006
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Sycon plumosum''
Tanita, 1943
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Sycon proboscideum''
Breitfuss, 1898
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Sycon proboscideum''
(Haeckel, 1870)
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Sycon protectum''
Lambe, 1896
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Sycon pulchrum''
Tanita, 1943
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Sycon quadrangulatum
''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 aq ...
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(Schmidt, 1868)
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Sycon ramsayi
''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 aqu ...
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(Lendenfeld, 1885)
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Sycon raphanus
''Sycon raphanus'' is a species of marine invertebrate, a calcareous sponge belonging to the Family (biology), family Sycettidae. The name derives from the Greek language, Greek, "raphanus", meaning radish, and presumably refers to the sponge's s ...
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Schmidt, 1862
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Sycon rotundum
''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 aqu ...
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Tanita, 1941
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Sycon satsumense''
Hozawa, 1929
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Sycon scaldiense
''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 aqu ...
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(Van Koolwijk, 1982)
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Sycon schmidti''
(Haeckel, 1872)
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Sycon schuffneri''
Dendy & Row, 1913
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Sycon setosum''
Schmidt, 1862
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Sycon simushirense''
Hozawa, 1918
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Sycon stauriferum''
(Preiwisch, 1904)
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Sycon subhispidum
''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 aqu ...
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(Carter, 1886)
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Sycon sycandra''
(Lendenfeld, 1895)
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Sycon tuba
''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 aqu ...
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Lendenfeld, 1891
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Sycon urugamii
''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 aqu ...
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Tanita, 1940
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Sycon verum''
Row & Hozawa, 1931
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Sycon vigilans''
Sarà & Gaino, 1971
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Sycon villosum''
(Haeckel, 1870)
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Sycon yatsui
''Sycon yatsui'' is a species of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Sycettidae. The scientific name of the species was first published in 1929.van Soest, R. (2011). ''Sycon yatsui'' Hozawa, 1929. In: Van Soest, R.W.M, Boury-Esnault, N., Ho ...
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Hozawa, 1929
References
Leucosolenida
Sponge genera
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