Sycon elegans

Sycon elegans is a species of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae.^[1]

Sycon elegans
bottom left of the picture: Sycarium elegans (Haeckel) = Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845), lengthwise section of body wall
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Calcarea
Order:	Leucosolenida
Family:	Sycettidae
Genus:	Sycon
Species:	S. elegans
Binomial name
Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845)
Synonyms
Dunstervillia elegans Bowerbank, 1845 Dunstervillia lanzarotae Haeckel, 1870 Grantia tesselata Bowerbank, 1864 Scypha elegans (Bowerbank, 1845) Sycandra elegans (Bowerbank, 1845) Sycandra tabulatum Haeckel, 1872

See also

• List of sponges of Ireland

References

1. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Sycon elegans (Bowerbank, 1845)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-20.