''Leucandra'' is a genus of

calcareous sponge The calcareous sponges of class Calcarea are members of the animal phylum Porifera, the cellular sponges. They are characterized by spicules made of calcium carbonate in the form of calcite or aragonite. While the spicules in most species hav ...

belonging to the family

Grantiidae Grantiidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Leucosolenida Leucosolenida is an order of sponge Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. ...

. Its earliest known fossils are from the

Jurassic The Jurassic ( ) is a Geological period, geologic period and System (stratigraphy), stratigraphic system that spanned from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period, approximately Mya. The J ...

Species

* '' Leucandra abratsbo'' Hozawa, 1929 * '' Leucandra algoaensis'' (Bowerbank, 1864) * '' Leucandra amakusana'' Tanita, 1943 * '' Leucandra amorpha'' Poléjaeff, 1883 * '' Leucandra ananas'' (Montagu, 1814) * '' Leucandra anfracta'' (Urban, 1908) * '' Leucandra anguinea'' (Ridley, 1884) * '' Leucandra apicalis'' Urban, 1906 * '' Leucandra armata'' (Urban, 1908) * '' Leucandra aspera'' (Schmidt, 1862) * '' Leucandra astricta'' Tanita, 1942 * '' Leucandra australiensis'' (Carter, 1886) * '' Leucandra balearica'' Lackschewitz, 1886 * '' Leucandra barbata'' (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) * '' Leucandra bathybia'' (Haeckel, 1869) * '' Leucandra belemnifera'' (Tsurnamal, 1975) * '' Leucandra bleeki'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Leucandra bolivari'' Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916 * '' Leucandra brumalis'' Jenkin, 1908 * '' Leucandra bulbosa'' Hanitsch, 1895 * '' Leucandra caminus'' Haeckel, 1872 * '' Leucandra capillata'' (Poléjaeff, 1883) * '' Leucandra caribea'' Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018 * '' Leucandra cerebrum'' Hozawa & Tanita, 1941 * '' Leucandra cirrhosa'' (Urban, 1908) * '' Leucandra claviformis'' Schuffner, 1877 * '' Leucandra coimbrae'' (Breitfuss, 1898) * '' Leucandra comata'' Brøndsted, 1931 * '' Leucandra compacta'' (Carter, 1886) * '' Leucandra conica'' Lendenfeld, 1885 * '' Leucandra connectens'' Brøndsted, 1927 * '' Leucandra consolida'' Tanita, 1943 * '' Leucandra crambessa'' Haeckel, 1872 * '' Leucandra crassior'' Ridley, 1881 * '' Leucandra crosslandi'' Thacker, 1908 * '' Leucandra crustacea'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Leucandra cumberlandensis'' Lambe, 1900 * '' Leucandra curva'' (Schuffner, 1877) * '' Leucandra cylindrica'' Fristedt, 1887 * '' Leucandra donnani'' Dendy, 1905 * '' Leucandra dwarkaensis'' Dendy, 1916 * '' Leucandra echinata'' Schuffner, 1877 * '' Leucandra egedii'' (Schmidt, 1870) * '' Leucandra elegans'' (Lendenfeld, 1888) * '' Leucandra erinacea'' Lendenfeld, 1888 * '' Leucandra falakra'' Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016 * '' Leucandra falcigera'' Schuffner, 1877 * '' Leucandra fernandensis'' (Breitfuss, 1898) * '' Leucandra fistulosa'' (Johnston, 1842) * '' Leucandra foliata'' Hozawa, 1918 * '' Leucandra fragilis'' Hozawa, 1940 * '' Leucandra frigida'' Jenkin, 1908 * '' Leucandra gausapata'' Brøndsted, 1931 * '' Leucandra gaussii'' (Brøndsted, 1931) * '' Leucandra glabra'' Hozawa, 1940 * '' Leucandra globosa'' Tanita, 1943 * '' Leucandra gossei'' (Bowerbank, 1862) * '' Leucandra haurakii'' Brøndsted, 1927 * '' Leucandra heathi'' Urban, 1906 * '' Leucandra helena'' (Lendenfeld, 1885) * '' Leucandra henrycarteri'' Van Soest & Hooper, 2020 * '' Leucandra hentschelii'' Brøndsted, 1931 * '' Leucandra hispida'' (Carter, 1886) * '' Leucandra hozawai'' Tanita, 1942 * '' Leucandra impigra'' Tanita, 1942 * '' Leucandra intermedia'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Leucandra irregularis'' (Burton, 1930) * '' Leucandra kagoshimensis'' Hozawa, 1929 * '' Leucandra kerguelensis'' (Urban, 1908) * '' Leucandra kurilensis'' Hozawa, 1918 * '' Leucandra laptevi'' Koltun, 1952 * '' Leucandra levis'' (Poléjaeff, 1883) * '' Leucandra lobata'' (Carter, 1886) * '' Leucandra loricata'' (Poléjaeff, 1883) * '' Leucandra losangelensis'' (de Laubenfels, 1930) * '' Leucandra magna'' Tanita, 1942 * '' Leucandra masatierrae'' (Breitfuss, 1898) * '' Leucandra mawsoni'' Dendy, 1918 * '' Leucandra meandrina'' Lendenfeld, 1885 * '' Leucandra mediocancellata'' Hozawa, 1940 * '' Leucandra minima'' Row & Hozawa, 1931 * '' Leucandra minor'' (Urban, 1908) * '' Leucandra mitsukurii'' Hozawa, 1929 * '' Leucandra mozambiquensis'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 * '' Leucandra multifida'' (Carter, 1886) * '' Leucandra multiformis'' Polejaeff, 1883 * '' Leucandra multituba'' Hozawa, 1929 * '' Leucandra nakamurai'' Tanita, 1942 * '' Leucandra nausicaae'' (Schuffner, 1877) * '' Leucandra nicolae'' Wörheide & Hooper, 2003 * '' Leucandra odawarensis'' Hozawa, 1929 * '' Leucandra okinoseana'' Hozawa, 1929 * '' Leucandra onigaseana'' Hozawa, 1929 * '' Leucandra ovata'' (Poléjaeff, 1883) * '' Leucandra pacifica'' Hozawa, 1929 * '' Leucandra palaoensis'' Tanita, 1943 * '' Leucandra pallida'' Row & Hozawa, 1931 * '' Leucandra pandora'' (Haeckel, 1872) * '' Leucandra paucispina'' Hozawa, 1929 * '' Leucandra phillipensis'' Dendy, 1893 * '' Leucandra pilula'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018 * '' Leucandra platei'' (Breitfuss, 1898) * '' Leucandra poculiformis'' Hozawa, 1918 * '' Leucandra polejaevi'' (Breitfuss, 1896) * '' Leucandra prava'' (Breitfuss, 1898) * '' Leucandra pulvinar'' (Haeckel, 1870) * '' Leucandra pumila'' (Bowerbank, 1866) * '' Leucandra pyriformis'' (Lambe, 1893) * '' Leucandra ramosa'' (Burton, 1934) * '' Leucandra regina'' Brøndsted, 1927 * '' Leucandra reniformis'' Tanita, 1943 * '' Leucandra rigida'' Hozawa, 1940 * '' Leucandra riojai'' Ferrer-Hernandez, 1918 * '' Leucandra rodriguezi'' (Lackschewitz, 1886) * '' Leucandra rudifera'' (Poléjaeff, 1883) * '' Leucandra sagmiana'' Hozawa, 1929 * '' Leucandra secutor'' Brøndsted, 1927 * '' Leucandra serrata'' Azevedo & Klautau, 2007 * '' Leucandra seychellensis'' Hozawa, 1940 * '' Leucandra sola'' Tanita, 1942 * '' Leucandra solida'' Hozawa, 1929 * '' Leucandra sphaeracella'' Wörheide & Hooper, 2003 * '' Leucandra spinifera'' Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016 * '' Leucandra spinosa'' Hozawa, 1940 * '' Leucandra spissa'' (Urban, 1909) * '' Leucandra splendens'' Hozawa, 1918 * '' Leucandra sulcata'' Ferrer-Hernandez, 1918 * '' Leucandra tahuatae'' Klautau, Lopes, Guarabyra, Folcher, Ekins & Debitus, 2020 * '' Leucandra taylori'' Lambe, 1900 * '' Leucandra thulakomorpha'' Row & Hozawa, 1931 * '' Leucandra tomentosa'' Tanita, 1940 * '' Leucandra topsenti'' Breitfuss, 1929 * '' Leucandra tropica'' Tanita, 1943 * '' Leucandra tuba'' Hozawa, 1918 * '' Leucandra tuberculata'' Hozawa, 1929 * '' Leucandra typica'' (Poléjaeff, 1883) * '' Leucandra uschuariensis'' Tanita, 1942 * '' Leucandra vaginata'' Lendenfeld, 1885 * '' Leucandra valida'' Lambe, 1900 * '' Leucandra verdensis'' Thacker, 1908 * '' Leucandra vermiformis'' Tanita, 1941 * '' Leucandra vesicularis'' Brøndsted, 1927 * '' Leucandra villosa'' Lendenfeld, 1885 * '' Leucandra vitrea'' (Urban, 1908) * '' Leucandra yuriagensis'' Hozawa, 1933

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q6533931 Leucosolenida Sponge genera Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel