Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Parazoa
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Calcarea
Subclassis: Calcinea
Ordo: Clathrinida
Familia: Leucaltidae
Genus: Leuclathrina
Species (2): L. asconoides – L. translucida
Name
Leuclathrina Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987: 18
Type species: Leuclathrina asconoides Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987, by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Borojevic, R. & Boury-Esnault, N. 1987. Calcareous sponges collected by N.O. ‘Thalassa' on the continental margin of the Bay of Biscaye: I. Calcinea. Pp. 1–27 in Vacelet, J. & Boury-Esnault, N. (eds.). Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea. NATO ASI Series G. Volume 13. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg. ISBN 978-3-642-70892-3 Reference page.
Additional references
Voigt, O., Ruthensteiner, B., Leiva, L., Fradusco, B. & Wörheide, G. 2018. A new species of the calcareous sponge genus Leuclathrina (Calcarea: Calcinea: Clathrinida) from the Maldives. Zootaxa 4382(1): 147–158. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4382.1.5 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Links
Leuclathrina in the World Register of Marine Species
Leuclathrina is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Dendyidae.[1] Species are found in the northeast Atlantic and in the Indian Ocean.
Description
These sponges are composed of an external wall sustained by triactines spicules. There is no choanosomal skeleton. The aquiferous system is composed of a mass of flagellated chambers and water canals.[2]
Species
The following species are recognised:[1]
Leuclathrina asconoides Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987
Leuclathrina translucida Voigt, Ruthensteiner, Leiva, Fradusco & Wörheide
References
"Leuclathrina Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
Borojevic, Radovan; Boury-Esnault, Nicole; Manuel, Michaël; Vacelet, Jean (2002), Hooper, John N. A.; Van Soest, Rob W. M.; Willenz, Philippe (eds.), "Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958", Systema Porifera, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 1141–1152, doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_118, ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2, retrieved 2021-08-23
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