''Sycon'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
calcareous sponges
The calcareous sponges of class Calcarea are members of the animal phylum Porifera, the cellular sponges. They are characterized by spicules made of calcium carbonate in the form of calcite or aragonite. While the spicules in most species ha ...
belonging to the family
Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm and having length from 2.5 to7.5, 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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquariu ...
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Hozawa, 1929
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Sycon caminatum
''Sycon'' is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium ...
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Thacker, 1908
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Sycon capricorn''
Wörheide & Hooper, 2003
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Sycon carteri''
Dendy, 1893
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Sycon ciliatum''
(Fabricius, 1780)
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Sycon coactum''
(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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquariu ...
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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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquariu ...
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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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquariu ...
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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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquariu ...
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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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquariu ...
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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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquariu ...
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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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquariu ...
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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
References
Leucosolenida
Animals described in 1845
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(Bowerbank, 1845)
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Sycon ensiferum''
Dendy, 1893
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Sycon escanabense''
Duplessis & Reiswig, 2000
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Sycon faulkneri''
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''
(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''
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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium ...
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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''
Breitfuss, 1897
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Sycon kerguelense''
Urban, 1908
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Sycon lambei''
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''
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''
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''
Kirk, 1911
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Sycon pentactinalis''
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
''Sycon'' is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium ...
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Lambe, 1896
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Sycon pulchrum''
Tanita, 1943
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Sycon quadrangulatum''
(Schmidt, 1868)
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Sycon ramsayi''
(Lendenfeld, 1885)
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Sycon raphanus
''Sycon raphanus'' is a species of marine invertebrate, a calcareous sponge belonging to the family Sycettidae. The name derives from the Greek, "raphanus", meaning radish, and presumably refers to the sponge's shape.
Sponges are composed of a ...
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Schmidt, 1862
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Sycon rotundum''
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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium ...
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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''
(Carter, 1886)
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Sycon sycandra''
(Lendenfeld, 1895)
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Sycon tuba''
Lendenfeld, 1891
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Sycon urugamii''
Tanita, 1940
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Sycon verum
''Sycon'' is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquariu ...
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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''
Hozawa, 1929
References
Leucosolenida
Sponge genera
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