Leucandra (sponge)

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Leucandra
Temporal range: Toarcian–Recent[1]
Four colour photos of Leucandra pulvinar. Two images depict the sponge in its natural habitat while one image is of the surface skeleton, and the final image is that of a preserved specimine
Leucandra pulvinar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Leucosolenida
Family: Grantiidae
Genus: Leucandra
Haeckel, 1872
Species

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Synonyms
  • Dyssycum Haeckel, 1870
  • Leucogypsia Bowerbank, 1862
  • Leucortis Haeckel, 1872
  • Medon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Mlea Haeckel, 1872

Leucandra is a genus of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Grantiidae.[2]: 1166  Its earliest known fossils are from the Jurassic.[1][2]: 1117 

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Hinde, G. J. (1889). "XLVI.—On a true Leuconid Calcisponge from the Middle Lias of Northamptonshire, and on detached Calcisponge spicules in the Upper Chalk of Surrey". Journal of Natural History. Series 6. 4 (23): 352–358. doi:10.1080/00222938909460539.
  2. ^ a b Hooper, John N. A.; Van Soest, Rob W. M.; Willenz, Philippe (2002). Systema Porifera. Vol. 2. ISBN 0306472600.
  3. ^ Klautau, Michelle; Imešek, Mirna; Azevedo, Fernanda; Pleše, Bruna; Nikolić, Vedran; Ćetković, Helena (2016). "Adriatic calcarean sponges (Porifera, Calcarea), with the description of six new species and a richness analysis" (PDF). European Journal of Taxonomy (178): 1–52. doi:10.5852/ejt.2016.178.