Leucetta Trigona
''Leucetta'' is a genus of sponges in the family Leucettidae, which was first described in 1872 by Ernst Haeckel. The type species is ''Leucetta primigenia'' Haeckel, 1872 by subsequent designation. In Australia, ''Leucetta'' species are found off the coasts of New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria (Australia), Victoria, and Western Australia. However, species of this genus are found worldwide. Species Accepted species are: *''Leucetta antarctica'' Dendy, 1918 *''Leucetta avocado'' de Laubenfels, 1954 *''Leucetta chagosensis'' Dendy, 1913 *''Leucetta delicata'' Rapp, Göcke, Tendal & Janussen, 2013 *''Leucetta floridana'' (Haeckel, 1872) *''Leucetta foliata'' Leocorny, Alencar, Fromont & Klautau, 2016 *''Leucetta gelatinosa'' (Jenkin, 1908) *''Leucetta giribeti'' Riesgo, Cavalcanti, Kenny, Ríos, Cristobo & Lanna, 2018 *''Leucetta homoraphis'' (Poléjaeff, 1883) *''Leucetta imberbis'' (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) *''Leucetta insignis'' Row & Hôzawa, 1931 *''Leucetta micror ...
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Leucetta Chagosensis
''Leucetta chagosensis'' is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Leucettidae, and was first described in 1913 by Arthur Dendy. The species epithet, ''chagosensis'', comes from the Latin with the ending ''-ensis'' indicating that the species comes from the Chagos Archipelago, Chagos archipeligo in the Indian Ocean. The taxonomic decision for synonymy is based on Maurice Burton (1963). Distribution It is found in Queensland and Western Australian coastal waters, in coastal waters of the Indian Ocean, Indian and the western Pacific Ocean, where the water temperature ranges from 20 to 30 C, the depth from 0–50 m, and salinities from 30 to 35 PSU. References

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