Sycon faulkneri

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| taxon = Sycon faulkneri

| authority = Ilan, Gugel, Galil, Janussen, 2003

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Sycon faulkneri is a species of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Sycettidae.

This is a small tubular sponge (less than 1 cm) found on soft substrates in deep waters in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea. Despite its recent discovery, this appears to be a common species, distinctive from other Mediterranean Sycon by its small size and habitat.

References

{{cite journal

| last1 = Ilan

| first1 = M.

| last2 = Gugel

| first2 = J.

| last3 = Galil

| first3 = B.S.

| last4 = Janussen

| first4 = D.

| title = Small bathyal sponge species from East Mediterranean revealed by a non-regular soft bottom sampling technique

| journal = Ophelia

| volume = 57

| issue = 3

| pages = 145–160

| date = December 2003

| accessdate = April 8, 2015

| url = http://www.tau.ac.il/lifesci/departments/zoology/members/ilan/documents/Ophelia57.pdf}}

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Category:Leucosolenida

Category:Animals described in 2003

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