MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Scypha Gray, 1821

MSBIAS name details

Scypha Gray, 1821

Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780)

AphiaID

131719 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131719)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (nomen oblitum)

Accepted name

Sycon Risso, 1827

Rank

Genus

Parent

Sycettidae Dendy, 1893 accepted as Syconidae Poléjaeff, 1883

Original name

Scypha Gray, 1821

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Species Scypha ananus accepted as Leucandra ananas (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer and misspelling of species name)
Species Scypha ciliata (Fabricius, 1780) accepted as Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) (genus transfer)
Species Scypha coronata (Ellis & Solander, 1786) accepted as Sycon ciliatum (Fabricius, 1780) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Species Scypha elegans (Bowerbank, 1845) accepted as Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845) (genus transfer)
Species Scypha fistulosa (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Leucandra fistulosa (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer)
Species Scypha quadrangulata (Schmidt, 1868) accepted as Sycon quadrangulatum (Schmidt, 1868) (genus transfer)
Species Scypha raphanus (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Sycon raphanus Schmidt, 1862 (reverted genus transfer)
Species Scypha setosa (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Sycon setosum Schmidt, 1862 (reverted genus transfer)
Species Scypha villosa (Haeckel, 1870) accepted as Sycon villosum (Haeckel, 1870) (reverted genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British Plants. Volume I. Baldwin, London: i-xxvii, 1-821, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30086635 [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Scypha Gray, 1821. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025) Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131719 on 2025-05-10

Regional species database citation

The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2025). Marine Species of the British Isles and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Scypha Gray, 1821. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131719 on 2025-05-10

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2009-05-06 11:23:27Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2012-07-29 09:02:03Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2020-06-26 09:54:27Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Gray, S.F. (1821). A natural arrangement of British Plants. Volume I. Baldwin, London: i-xxvii, 1-821, 21 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30086635 [details]

additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]

status source Van Soest, R.W.M; Klautau, M. (2021). Case 3836 – Sycon Risso, 1827 (Porifera, Sycettidae): proposed conservation of the genus name. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 78(2): 69-77., available online at https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v78.a023 [details] Available for editors