World Porifera Database - Species - Sycon schuffneri Dendy & Row, 1913

Porifera taxon details

Sycon schuffneri Dendy & Row, 1913

AphiaID

132260 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132260)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Sycon Risso, 1827

Original name

Sycon schuffneri Dendy & Row, 1913

Synonymised names

Sycandra quadrata Schuffner, 1877 · unaccepted (preoccupied)

Sycon quadratum (Schuffner, 1877) · unaccepted (preoccupied)

Environment

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

Original description

Dendy, A.; Row, R.W.H. (1913). The Classification and Phylogeny of the Calcareous Sponges, with a Reference List of all the described Species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3: 704-813., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1913.tb06152.x [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. Sycon schuffneri Dendy & Row, 1913. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=132260 on 2026-09-29

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Dendy, A.; Row, R.W.H. (1913). The Classification and Phylogeny of the Calcareous Sponges, with a Reference List of all the described Species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 3: 704-813., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1913.tb06152.x [details]

original description (of Sycon quadratum (Schuffner, 1877)) Schuffner, O. 1877. Beschreibung einiger neuer Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 11: 403-433 pls XXIV-XXVI. [details]

original description (of Sycandra quadrata Schuffner, 1877) Schuffner, O. 1877. Beschreibung einiger neuer Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 11: 403-433 pls XXIV-XXVI.
page(s): 425 [details]

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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unknown type, geounit Norway [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Sycandra quadrata Schuffner, 1877)
To PESI