Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Parazoa
Phylum: Porifera
Classis: Calcarea
Subclassis: Calcaronea
Ordo: Leucosoleniida
Familia: Leucosoleniidae
Genus: Leucosolenia
Species (41): L. aboralis – L. albatrossi – L. arachnoides – L. australis – L. botryoides – L. brondstedi – L. cervicornis – L. clarkii – L. complicata – L. corallorrhiza – L. cyathus – L. discoveryi – L. echinata – L. eleanor – L. eustephana – L. falklandica – L. feuerlandica – L. fragilis – L. goethei – L. hispidissima – L. horrida – L. incerta – L. kagoshimensis – L. lucasi – L. macquariensis – L. microspinata – L. minchini – L. minuta – L. mollis – L. nautilia – L. parthenopea – L. pilosella – L. pyriformis – L. qingdaoensis – L. rosea – L. salpinx – L. serica – L. somesii – L. tenera – L. variabilis – L. ventosa – L. vesicula
Name
Leucosolenia Bowerbank, 1864: 164
Type species: Grantia botryoides Fleming, 1828 (=Spongia botryoides Ellis & Solander, 1786), by original designation.
Synonyms
Olynthus Haeckel, 1869
Tarrus Haeckel, 1869
Clistolynthus Haeckel, 1870
Nardopsis Haeckel, 1870
Ascortis Haeckel, 1872
Asculmis Haeckel, 1872
Ascuris Haeckel, 1872
References
Primary references
Bowerbank, J.S. 1864. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume I. Ray Society: London. i–xx + 1–290, pls. I–XXXVII. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
Chu, Y-L., Gong, L. & Li, X-Z. 2020. Leucosolenia qingdaoensis sp. nov. (Porifera, Calcarea, Calcaronea, Leucosolenida, Leucosoleniidae), a new species from China. ZooKeys 906: 1–11. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.906.47164 Open access Reference page.
Links
Leucosolenia in the World Register of Marine Species
Leucosolenia is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Leucosoleniidae. Species of this genus usually appear as groups of curved vases, up to 2 cm long, each ending in an osculum. The overall shape is sometimes likened to a tiny bunch of bananas. They are most often observed in tide pools, clustered around the base of seaweeds or on rocks, and occur in a variety of colours, usually rather pale. Its canal system is of asconoid type. The colony consists of few simple vase-like, cylindrical individuals each terminating in an osculum and united at their bases by irregular horizontal tubes. Leucosolenia reproduces both asexually and sexually. asexual reproduction by budding and sexual reproduction takes place by formation of gametes, i.e., ova and sperms. Lecosolenia is hermaphrodite, because both the gametes are formed in the body of same individual. Sponges are mostly asymmetrical, but Leucosolenia is symmetrical.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Leucosolenia:[1]
Leucosolenia aboralis Brøndsted, 1931
Leucosolenia albatrossi Hôzawa, 1918
Leucosolenia arachnoides (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucosolenia australis Brøndsted, 1931
Leucosolenia botryoides (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Leucosolenia brondstedi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Leucosolenia cervicornis (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucosolenia clarkii (Verrill, 1873)
Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1814)
Leucosolenia corallorrhiza (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucosolenia cyathus (Haeckel, 1870)
Leucosolenia discoveryi Jenkin, 1908
Leucosolenia echinata Kirk, 1893
Leucosolenia eleanor Urban, 1906
Leucosolenia eustephana Haeckel, 1872
Leucosolenia falklandica Breitfuss, 1898
Leucosolenia feuerlandica Tanita, 1942
Leucosolenia fragilis (Haeckel, 1870)
Leucosolenia gegenbauri (Haeckel, 1870)
Leucosolenia goethei (Haeckel, 1870)
Leucosolenia hispidissima (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucosolenia horrida (Schmidt in Haeckel, 1872)
Leucosolenia incerta Urban, 1908
Leucosolenia kagoshimensis (Hozawa, 1929)
Leucosolenia lucasi Dendy, 1891
Leucosolenia macquariensis Dendy, 1918
Leucosolenia microspinata Longo, 2009
Leucosolenia minchini Jenkin, 1908
Leucosolenia minuta Tanita, 1943
Leucosolenia mollis Tanita, 1941
Leucosolenia nautilia de Laubenfels, 1930
Leucosolenia parthenopea Sarà, 1953
Leucosolenia pilosella Brøndsted, 1931
Leucosolenia pyriformis Tanita, 1943
Leucosolenia rosea Kirk, 1896
Leucosolenia salpinx Van Soest, 2017
Leucosolenia serica Tanita, 1942
Leucosolenia somesii (Bowerbank, 1874)
Leucosolenia tenera Tanita, 1940
Leucosolenia variabilis Haeckel, 1870
Leucosolenia ventosa Hôzawa, 1940
Leucosolenia vesicula (Haeckel, 1870)
References
"WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leucosolenia Bowerbank, 1864". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
Taxonomicon
North East Atlantic Taxa
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