Name
Sycon
Framing
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Genus: Sycon
Habitat
Marine, benthic associated with hard bottoms
Feeding
Filter feeder
Distribution
Cosmopolitan
Additional information
Barrel-shaped calcaroneae with a crown of spicules surrounding the osculum. Syconoid organization
Additional information
Bibliography
Van Soest, R. W. M; Klautau, M. (2021). Case 3836 – Sycon Risso, 1827 (Porifera, Sycettidae): proposed conservation of the genus name. The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 78(2): 69-77