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Sycandra elegans
(Bowerbank, 1845)
AphiaID
236819
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236819)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Calcarea
(Class)
Calcaronea
(Subclass)
Leucosolenida
(Order)
Grantiidae
(Family)
Sycandra
(Genus)
Sycandra elegans
(Species)
Status
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Accepted name
Sycon elegans
(Bowerbank, 1845)
Rank
Species
Parent
Sycandra
Haeckel, 1872
Original name
Dunstervillia elegans
Bowerbank, 1845
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
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.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1080/037454809495328
[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.
Sycandra elegans
(Bowerbank, 1845). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=236819 on 2026-07-18
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2007-01-29 07:39:50Z
created
de Haas, Henk
2009-12-12 18:04:34Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Sources (2)
Documented distribution (0)
Links (2)
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.
,
available online at
https://doi.org/10.1080/037454809495328
[details]
new combination reference
Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191.
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To ITIS
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