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WoRMS name details
original description
(of Sycarium ampulla Haeckel, 1870) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191. [details]
basis of record
Jenkin, C.F. (1908). The Marine Fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland M.A., in the Years 1901 & 1902, The Calcareous Sponges. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1908 : 434-456. page(s): 443 [details]
From editor or global species database
Nomenclature Jenkin's correction of Haeckel's name was apparently done because he wanted to match the species name to the gender of the genus. However, ampulla is a noun, so the change is not warranted. [details]
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