Forum:Cyberdark Synchro summoning

I was wondering if a monster equiped to another monster that is being used for a synchro summoning, can I not use or use the levels of the equiped monster? ex: Cyberdark Keel and Shiba-Warrior Taro are on the field = 6 levels. But I have a Dread Dragon equiped to Cyberdark Keel. Can I also use Dread Dragon since it is technically on the field. Which would equal a perfect level 8 for a synchro summon like Stardust Dragon.