Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea > Subclass Calcaronea > Order Leucosolenida > Family Syconidae > Genus Sycon

Sycon raphanus Schmidt, 1862

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Scypha Gray, 1821

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Sycon*	Risso, 1827	accepted genus name
*Dunstervillia*	Bowerbank, 1845	synonym
*Homoderma*	Lendenfeld, 1885	synonym
*Scypha*	Gray, 1821	synonym
*Sycarium*	Haeckel, 1869	synonym
*Syconella*	Schmidt, 1868	synonym
*Sycortis*	Haeckel, 1872	synonym
*Sycum*	Agassiz, 1846	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: bristly vase sponge; radish sponge sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Borstiger Kalkschwamm; Rettich-Kalkschwamm

Literature

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additional source	Topsent, E. (1894). Éponges du Golfe de Gabès. Mémoires de la Société Zoologique de France,. 7: 37-44, pl. I.
additional source	Abdelali, N.; Grimes, S. (2024). Diversity and distribution of Porifera on the Algerian coast (West Mediterranean). Zootaxa. 5512(3): 402-419.
additional source	Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff. pp. 1-44.
additional source	Topsent, E.; Olivier, L. (1943). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco (fin). Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco. 854: 1-12.
additional source	Stephens, J. (1912). A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42.
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additional source	Hentschel, E. (1916). 3- Die Spongien des Eisfjords In: Zoologische Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Expedition nach Spitzbergen, 1908. Teil II. Kungliga Svenska vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar. 54 (3): 1-18.
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biology source	Duboscq, O.; Tuzet, O. (1938). L'origine et l'évolution des cellules en croix des éponges calcaires. in: Volume jubilaire Maurice Caullery. Travaux de la Station Zoologique de Wimereux. 13: 267-277.

Genbank

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 raphanus Schmidt, 1862. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:132257