''Sycon'' is a
genus of
calcareous sponges 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'' ( ...
. 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
''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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Borojevic & raat-Kleeton, 1965
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Sycon acanthoxea
''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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(Little, 1963)
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Sycon album
''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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Tanita, 1942
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Sycon ampulla
''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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(Haeckel, 1870)
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Sycon antarcticum
''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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(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''
Antoine Risso, 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
Leucosolenida
Sponge genera
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