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Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845)

132252  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132252)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Calcarea (Class)
  5. Calcaronea (Subclass)
  6. Leucosolenida (Order)
  7. Syconidae (Family)
  8. Sycon (Genus)
  9. Sycon elegans (Species)
accepted
Species
Dunstervillia elegans Bowerbank, 1845 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Dunstervillia lanzarotae Haeckel, 1870 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Grantia tessellata Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Scypha elegans (Bowerbank, 1845) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Sycandra elegans (Bowerbank, 1845) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Sycandra tabulata Haeckel, 1872 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Dunstervillia elegans Bowerbank, 1845) Bowerbank, J.S. (1845). Description of a new genus of Calcareous Sponge. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 15 (99): 297-300 ,pl. XVII. [details] OpenAccess publication
Type locality contained in Agulhas Bank  
type locality contained in Agulhas Bank [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]
Distribution The distribution is this species is disjunct (Agulhas Bank, South Africa, and Mediterranean-Atlantic). Further research is...  
Distribution The distribution is this species is disjunct (Agulhas Bank, South Africa, and Mediterranean-Atlantic). Further research is required to determine whether these populations indeed belong to the same species. [details]
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. Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132252 on 2025-01-21
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Dunstervillia elegans Bowerbank, 1845) Bowerbank, J.S. (1845). Description of a new genus of Calcareous Sponge. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 15 (99): 297-300 ,pl. XVII. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Dunstervillia lanzarotae Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Grantia tessellata Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 26-28 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Sycandra tabulata Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Abdelali, N.; Grimes, S. (2024). Diversity and distribution of Porifera on the Algerian coast (West Mediterranean). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5512(3): 402-419., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5512.3.5
page(s): 404 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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

additional source Borojevic, R. (1967). Spongiaires d'Afrique du Sud. (2) Calcarea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 37 (3): 183-226.
page(s): 202-204 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. <em>Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff.</em> pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 33 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Descatoire, A. (1969). Peuplements sessiles de l'Archipel de Glénan de l'infralittoral rocheux. I. - Inventaire: Spongiaires. <em>Vie et Milieu (B, Océanographie).</em> 20 (1B): 177-209.
page(s): 182 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Sarà, M. (1961). La fauna di Poriferi delle grotte delle isole Tremiti. Studio ecologico e sistematico. <em>Archivio zoologico italiano.</em> 46: 1-59,pls I-II.
page(s): 30 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Topsent, E. (1892). Contribution à l'étude des Spongiaires de l'Atlantique Nord (Golfe de Gascogne, Terre-Neuve, Açores). <em>Résultats des campagnes scientifiques accomplies par le Prince Albert I. Monaco.</em> 2: 1-165, pls I-XI.
page(s): 23 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Topsent, E.; Olivier, L. (1943). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco (fin). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 854: 1-12.
page(s): 12 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Carballo, J.L.; Garcia-Gómez, J.C. (1994). Esponjas del Estrecho de Gibraltar y áreas próximas, con nuevas aportaciones para la fauna Iberica [Porifera from the Straits of Gibraltar and nearby areas, new species of the Iberian fauna]. <em>Cahiers de Biologie Marine.</em> 35(2): 193-211. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 195 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Ferrer Hernández, F. (1918). Esponjas del litoral de Asturias. <em>Trabajos del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales Serie Zoologia.</em> 36: 1-39.
page(s): 11 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Rützler, K. (1966). Die Poriferen einer sorrentiner Höhle. Ergebnisse der Österreichischen Tyrrhenia-Expedition 1952. Teil. XVIII. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 176 (5), 303-319.
page(s): 308 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Cruz, T. (2002). Esponjas marinas de Canarias. <em>Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias.</em> S/C Tenerife. 260 pp. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Benito, J. (1981). Algunas esponjas del litoral levantino español. <em>Boletín del Instituto Español de Oceanografia.</em> 6, 89-102.
page(s): 92 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Vacelet, J. (1976). Inventaire des Spongiaires du Parc national de Port-Cros (Var). <em>Travaux scientifiques du Parc national de Port-Cros.</em> 2, 167-186.
page(s): 171 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Gerovasileiou, V.; Chintiroglou, C. C.; Vafidis, D.; Koutsoubas, D.; Sini, M.; Dailianis, T.; Issaris, Y.; Akritopoulou, E.; Dimarchopoulou, D.; Voultsiadou, E. (2015). Census of biodiversity in marine caves of the eastern Mediterranean Sea. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 16 (1), 245-265., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.1069
page(s): 252 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Solórzano, M.R. (1990). Poríferos del litoral gallego: estudio faunístico, distribución e inventario. <em>Phd Thesis Unversidad de Santiago de Compostela.</em> 1036 pp.
page(s): 163-165; Lám. 9a [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Longo, C.; Cardone, F.; Pierri, C.; Mercurio, M.; Mucciolo, S.; Marzano, C.N.; Corriero, G. (2018). Sponges associated with coralligenous formations along the Apulian coasts. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48(4): 2151-2163., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0744-x
page(s): 2156 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

biology source Duboscq, O.; Tuzet, O. (1941). Sur les cellules en croix des <i>Sycon</i> (<i>Sycon ciliatum</i> Fabr., <i>Sycon coronatum</i> Ellis et Sol., <i>Sycon elegans</i> Bower.) et leur signification. <em>Archives de Zoologie expérimentale et générale.</em> 81 (4): 151-163. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unknown type (of Dunstervillia elegans Bowerbank, 1845) [details]
From editor or global species database
Distribution The distribution is this species is disjunct (Agulhas Bank, South Africa, and Mediterranean-Atlantic). Further research is required to determine whether these populations indeed belong to the same species. [details]
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Dutch gekraagde kalkspons  [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Dunstervillia elegans Bowerbank, 1845)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications) (from synonym Sycandra elegans (Bowerbank, 1845))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Grantia tessellata Bowerbank, 1866)
To PESI (from synonym Scypha elegans (Bowerbank, 1845))
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Dunstervillia elegans Bowerbank, 1845)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record) 
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