Sycon: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Porifera
- Class
- Calcarea
- Order
- Leucosolenida
- Family
- Syconidae
- Genus
- Sycon
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Sycon
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Sycon
Sycon is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm with a length from 2.5 to 7.5 cm, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium hobbyists as "Pineapple" or "Q-Tip" sponges, and are frequent "hitchhikers" accidentally brought in.
...Sycon in languages:
- English
- Hairy Tube Sponges
- Italian
- Sycon
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