''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 n ...
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''
(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)
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Sycon arcticum''
(Haeckel, 1870)
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Sycon australe
''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)
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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 aquari ...
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Hozawa, 1929
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Sycon caminatum''
Thacker, 1908
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Sycon capricorn''
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 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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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 an ...
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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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquari ...
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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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquari ...
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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 aquari ...
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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 aquari ...
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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 aquari ...
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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 aquari ...
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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 aquari ...
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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 aquari ...
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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''
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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquari ...
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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
''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 aquari ...
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Dendy, 1916
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Sycon helleri''
(Lendenfeld, 1891)
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Sycon hozawai
''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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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''
Risso, 1826 type species
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Sycon inconspicuum''
(Lendenfeld, 1885)
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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 aquari ...
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Breitfuss, 1898
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Sycon karajakense''
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 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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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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquari ...
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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
''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 magnapicale
''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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Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018
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Sycon matsushimense
''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, 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
''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
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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 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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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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquari ...
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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''
(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 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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(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 j ...
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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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquari ...
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Tanita, 1941
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Sycon satsumense''
Hozawa, 1929
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Sycon scaldiense''
(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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquari ...
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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 and having length from 2.5 to7.5, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquari ...
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Lendenfeld, 1891
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Sycon urugamii''
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''
Hozawa, 1929
References
Leucosolenida
Sponge genera
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