Scytotreton, Sanamyan & Sanamyan & Kukhlevskiy & Shilov, 2022

Sanamyan, K. E., Sanamyan, N. P., Kukhlevskiy, A. D. & Shilov, V. A., 2022, Leucotreton kurilense, a new genus and species of calcareous sponges of the family Sycanthidae (Porifera: Calcarea: Leucosolenida) from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with contribution to taxonomy and nomenclature of related genera, Zoosystematica Rossica (China) 31 (1), pp. 143-153 : 152-153

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2022.31.1.143
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03DA87D4-FF95-5828-7573-75D3135215F4
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Scytotreton
status	gen. nov.

Treatment

Genus Scytotreton View in CoL gen. nov.

Type species: Dermatreton hodgsoni Jenkin, 1908 (designated here).

Diagnosis (after Borojevic et al., 2000; direct quote with modifications in italics; modification is needed to distinguish this genus from Leucotreton gen. nov.). Sycanthidae with coalescent radial tubes lined with choanoderm whose distal parts are supported by tangential triactines that form a loose meshwork perforated by large inhalant cavities.

Other species included. Scytotreton scotti ( Jenkin, 1908) (originally described as Tenthrenodes scotti ; see Borojevic et al., 2000).

Etymology. The new generic name is derived from the ancient Greek word σκῦτος (scytus, skin, hide) and the second stem with the flexion of the name Dermatreton . Gender is neuter.

Remarks. The genus fully corresponds to the taxonomic genus for which Borojevic et al. (2000) incorrectly used the name Dermatreton .

List of genera and species of Sycanthidae

To summarise the taxonomic and nomenclatural changes made in the present work, below we list all genera and species currently assigned to Sycanthidae .

Sycanthidae Lendenfeld, 1891

Sycantha Lendenfeld, 1891

Sycantha tenella Lendenfeld, 1891 (type species)

Sycantha longstaffi ( Jenkin, 1908) View in CoL (syn. Hypodictyon longstaffi Jenkin, 1908 View in CoL )

Scytotreton View in CoL gen. nov.

Scytotreton hodgsoni ( Jenkin, 1908) View in CoL (syn. Dermatreton hodgsoni Jenkin, 1908 View in CoL ; type species)

Scytotreton scotti ( Jenkin, 1908) View in CoL (syn. Tenthrenodes scotti Jenkin, 1908 View in CoL )

Leucotreton View in CoL gen. nov.

Leucotreton kurilense sp. nov.