World Porifera Database - Species - Sycon defendens Borojevic, 1967

Porifera taxon details

Sycon defendens Borojevic, 1967

AphiaID

164571 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164571)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Sycon Risso, 1827

Original name

Sycon defendens Borojevic, 1967

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Borojevic, R. (1967). Spongiaires d'Afrique du Sud. (2) Calcarea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 37 (3): 183-226., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00359196709519066 [details] Available for editors

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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 defendens Borojevic, 1967. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=164571 on 2026-08-08

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2009-12-12 18:04:34Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Borojevic, R. (1967). Spongiaires d'Afrique du Sud. (2) Calcarea. <em>Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa.</em> 37 (3): 183-226., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00359196709519066 [details] Available for editors

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

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