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.