Case 3836 – Sycon Risso, 1827 (Porifera, Sycettidae): proposed conservation of the genus name

Rob W.M. van Soest; Michelle Klautau

doi:10.21805/bzn.v78.a023

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Rob W.M. van Soest,^1,* Michelle Klautau²

¹Naturalis Biodiversity Center, P.O. Box 9517, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands ()
²Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Biologia, Departamento de Zoologia, Av. Carlos Chagas Filho, 373, CCS, Bloco A, sala A0-100, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, 21941-902

^*corresponding author

Abstract

The purpose of this application, under Articles 23.9.3 and 81.1 of the Code, is to conserve the usage of the name Sycon (Porifera) for a genus of sponges by reversal of precedence with respect to its senior subjective synonym Scypha (Porifera). This is justified by the refusal of the wider community of sponge researchers to accept the adoption of Scypha as the valid name for this large and ubiquitous genus of calcareous sponges and by the current prevailing usage of the junior synonym. With reversal of precedence, stability of the nomenclature will be maintained, and confusion avoided.

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Rob W.M. van Soest and Michelle Klautau "Case 3836 – Sycon Risso, 1827 (Porifera, Sycettidae): proposed conservation of the genus name," The Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 78(2), 69-77, (30 August 2021). https://doi.org/10.21805/bzn.v78.a023

Published: 30 August 2021

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