sycon

See also: Sycon

English

Noun

sycon (plural sycons)

  1. Any of the genus Sycon of sponges.
    • 2012, M. A. Brunt, J. E. Davies, The Cayman Islands: Natural History and Biogeography, page 131:
      In the sycon, the sponge type of intermediate complexity, water enters the ostia through small radially arranged incurrent canals formed by folding of the body wall.

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