''Sycon'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 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'': *'' Sycon abyssale'' Borojevic & raat-Kleeton, 1965 *'' Sycon acanthoxea'' (Little, 1963) *'' Sycon album'' Tanita, 1942 *''

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 ...

'' (Haeckel, 1870) *'' Sycon antarcticum'' (Jenkin, 1908) *''

Sycon arcticum ''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 ...

'' (Haeckel, 1870) *'' Sycon australe'' (Jenkin, 1908) *''

Sycon avus ''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 ...

'' Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017 *''

Sycon barbadense ''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 ...

'' (Schuffner, 1877) *'' Sycon bellum'' Chagas & Cavalcanti, 2017 *''

Sycon boreale ''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 ...

'' (Schuffner, 1877) *''

Sycon brasiliense ''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 ...

'' Borojevic, 1971 *''

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 ...

'' Hozawa, 1929 *''

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 ...

'' Thacker, 1908 *''

Sycon capricorn ''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 ...

'' Wörheide & Hooper, 2003 *''

Sycon carteri ''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 ...

'' Dendy, 1893 *''

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 ...

'' (Fabricius, 1780) *''

Sycon coactum ''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 ...

'' (Urban, 1906) *''

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 ...

'' Lambe, 1893 *''

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 ...

'' Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018 *''

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 ...

'' Tanita, 1942 *''

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 ...

'' Borojevic, 1967 *''

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 ...

'' Hozawa, 1929 *''

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 ...

'' (Haeckel, 1872) *''

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 ...

'' Lambe, 1900 *''

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 {{calcarea-stub ...

'' (Bowerbank, 1845) *''

Sycon ensiferum ''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 ...

'' Dendy, 1893 *''

Sycon escanabense ''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 ...

'' Duplessis & Reiswig, 2000 *''

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. Despite its recent discover ...

'' Ilan, Gugel, Galil & Janussen, 2003 *''

Sycon formosum ''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 ...

'' (Haeckel, 1870) *''

Sycon frustulosum ''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 ...

'' Borojevic & Peixinho, 1976 *''

Sycon gelatinosum ''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 ...

'' (Blainville, 1834) *''

Sycon giganteum ''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 ...

'' Dendy, 1893 *'' Sycon globulatum'' Hozawa, 1929 *''

Sycon grantioides ''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 ...

'' Dendy, 1916 *''

Sycon helleri ''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 ...

'' (Lendenfeld, 1891) *'' Sycon hozawai'' Breitfuss, 1932 *''

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. ...

'' Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009 *''

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 ...

'' Risso, 1826 type species *''

Sycon inconspicuum ''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 ...

'' (Lendenfeld, 1885) *''

Sycon incrustans ''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 ...

'' Breitfuss, 1898 *''

Sycon karajakense ''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 ...

'' Breitfuss, 1897 *''

Sycon kerguelense ''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 ...

'' Urban, 1908 *''

Sycon lambei ''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 ...

'' Dendy & Row, 1913 *''

Sycon lendenfeldi ''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 ...

'' Row & Hozawa, 1932 *''

Sycon lingua ''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 ...

'' (Haeckel, 1870) *''

Sycon lunulatum ''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 ...

'' (Haeckel, 1872) *'' Sycon luteolum'' Tanita, 1942 *'' Sycon magnapicale'' Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018 *'' Sycon matsushimense'' Tanita, 1940 *''

Sycon mexico ''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 ...

'' Hozawa, 1940 *''

Sycon minutum ''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 ...

'' Dendy, 1893 *''

Sycon misakiense ''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 ...

'' Hozawa, 1929 *'' Sycon mundulum'' Lambe, 1900 *'' Sycon munitum'' Jenkin, 1908 *''

Sycon natalense ''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 ...

'' Borojevic, 1967 *'' Sycon okadai'' Hozawa, 1929 *''

Sycon ornatum ''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 ...

'' Kirk, 1898 *''

Sycon oscari ''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 ...

'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 *''

Sycon parvulum ''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 ...

'' (Preiwisch, 1904) *'' Sycon pedicellatum'' Kirk, 1911 *''

Sycon pentactinalis ''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 ...

'' Rossi, Farina, Borojevic & Klautau, 2006 *''

Sycon plumosum ''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 ...

'' Tanita, 1943 *''

Sycon proboscideum ''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 ...

'' Breitfuss, 1898 *''

'' (Haeckel, 1870) *''

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 ...

'' Lambe, 1896 *''

Sycon pulchrum ''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 ...

'' Tanita, 1943 *''

Sycon quadrangulatum ''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 ...

'' (Schmidt, 1868) *'' Sycon ramsayi'' (Lendenfeld, 1885) *''

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 ...

'' Schmidt, 1862 *'' Sycon rotundum'' Tanita, 1941 *''

Sycon satsumense ''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 ...

'' Hozawa, 1929 *''

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 ...

'' (Van Koolwijk, 1982) *''

Sycon schmidti ''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 ...

'' (Haeckel, 1872) *''

Sycon schuffneri ''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 ...

'' Dendy & Row, 1913 *''

Sycon setosum ''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 ...

'' Schmidt, 1862 *''

Sycon simushirense ''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 ...

'' Hozawa, 1918 *'' Sycon stauriferum'' (Preiwisch, 1904) *''

Sycon subhispidum ''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 ...

'' (Carter, 1886) *''

Sycon sycandra ''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 ...

'' (Lendenfeld, 1895) *''

Sycon tuba ''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 ...

'' Lendenfeld, 1891 *''

Sycon urugamii ''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 ...

'' Tanita, 1940 *''

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 ...

'' Row & Hozawa, 1931 *''

Sycon vigilans ''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 ...

'' Sarà & Gaino, 1971 *''

Sycon villosum ''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 ...

'' (Haeckel, 1870) *''

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., H ...

'' Hozawa, 1929

References

Leucosolenida Sponge genera {{calcarea-stub