Calcareous sponges of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea
Author
Van, Rob W. M.
Author
De, Nicole J.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-06-01
4426
1
1
160
journal article
29979
10.11646/zootaxa.4426.1.1
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1175-5326
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Sycon ampullum
sensu
Jenkin 1908
Jenkin (1908: 443)
described a small
Sycon
specimen under this name from Wasini Island. The name refers to Haeckel’s (1872: 308)
Sycandra ampulla
, a species from Brazil. The change of the name to
ampullum
is a mistake, because
ampulla
is a noun that is not be changed with the gender of the genus name. The data he provided are insufficient to characterize the species. Jenkin did not indicate whether it was stalked, the main feature of
Sycon ampulla
, so it will remain unnamed until it is redescribed (see also below under additional species from South Africa)