''Leucetta villosa'' is a species 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 ...

in the family

Leucettidae Leucettidae is a family of sea sponges in the subclass Calcinea, first described by Max Walker de Laubenfels Max Walker de Laubenfels (1894–1960) was an American spongiologist. He received his undergraduate degree from Oberlin College and ...

, and was first described in 1999 by

Gert Wörheide Gert Wörheide is a German marine biologist who works mainly on marine invertebrates. He earned his doctorate in geobiology from Georg-August-Universität, following this with a post-doctorate at Queensland Museum (1998-2002), where he worked ...

and John Hooper. The species epithet, ''villosa'', comes from the Latin, ''villosus'' ("hairy"), and was given because of the "hair-like extensions on the sponge surface". It is found in Queensland coastal waters, where occurs in waters with surface temperatures of 20 to 25 °C.

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Taxa named by Gert Wörheide Taxa named by John Hooper (marine biologist) Clathrinida Animals described in 1999 {{calcarea-stub