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Scypha elegans
(Bowerbank, 1845)
AphiaID
416455
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:416455)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
Porifera
Calcarea
Calcaronea
Leucosolenida
Sycettidae
Scypha
Scypha elegans
Status
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Accepted name
Sycon elegans
(Bowerbank, 1845)
Rank
Species
Parent
Scypha
Gray, 1821
accepted as
Sycon
Risso, 1827
Original name
Dunstervillia elegans
Bowerbank, 1845
Environment
marine,
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.
Scypha elegans
(Bowerbank, 1845). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: http://marbef.org//marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=416455 on 2026-08-07
Regional species database citation
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species.
Scypha elegans
(Bowerbank, 1845). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=416455 on 2026-08-07
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2009-10-01 14:38:39Z
created
Appeltans, Ward
2010-06-05 12:04:55Z
checked
van Soest, Rob W.M.
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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]
basis of record
BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre. <em>BODC. (2009). Species list from the British Oceanographic Data Centre.</em>
[details]
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