''Leuconia'' is a
genus
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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 ...
s in the
family
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Baeriidae
Baeriidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the class Calcarea. It was named by Borojevic, Boury-Esnault, and Vacelet in 2000.Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N. & Vacelet, J. (2000). A revision of the supraspecific classification of the subcla ...
. It was described by English
anatomist and
zoologist
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Robert Edmond Grant in 1833.
[Grant, R. E. (1833). Lectures on Comparative Anatomy and Animal Physiology. Lecture IV. On the classification of the organs of animals, and on the organs of support in animalcules and poripherous animals. ''The Lancet'', 1(531), 193–200.]
Species
The following species of ''Leuconia'' are accepted in the World Porifera database:
[
*'']Leuconia alaskensis
''Leuconia'' is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Baeriidae. It was described by English anatomist and zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1833.Grant, R. E. (1833). Lectures on Comparative Anatomy and Animal Physiology. Lecture IV. On t ...
'' de Laubenfels, 1953[de Laubenfels, M. W. (1953). Sponges of the Alaskan Arctic. ''Smithsonian Miscellaneous Publications'', 121(6), 1–22.]
*''Leuconia dura
''Leuconia'' is a genus of calcareous sponges in the Family (biology), family Baeriidae. It was described by English anatomist and zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1833.Grant, R. E. (1833). Lectures on Comparative Anatomy and Animal Physiology. ...
'' (Hozawa, 1929)[Hozawa, S. (1929). Studies on the calcareous sponges of Japan. ''Journal of the Faculty of Scinece, Imperial University of Tokyo, Zoology'', 1, 277–389.]
*''Leuconia gladiator
''Leuconia'' is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Baeriidae. It was described by English anatomist and zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1833.Grant, R. E. (1833). Lectures on Comparative Anatomy and Animal Physiology. Lecture IV. On t ...
'' (Dendy, 1893)[Dendy. A. (1892). Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocœla; with a proposed classification of the group and descriptions of some new genera and species. ''Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria'', 5, 69–116.]
*''Leuconia johnstoni
''Leuconia'' is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Baeriidae. It was described by English anatomist and zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1833.Grant, R. E. (1833). Lectures on Comparative Anatomy and Animal Physiology. Lecture IV. On t ...
'' Carter, 1871[Carter, H. J. (1871). A description of two new Calcispongiæ, to which is added confirmation of Professor James-Clark's discovery of the true form of the sponge-cell (animal), and an account of the polype-like pore-area of ''Cliona corallinoides'' contrasted with Professor E. Häckel's view on the relationship of the sponges to the corals. ''The Annals and Magazine of Natural History'', 8)43, 1–27.]
*''Leuconia joubini
''Leuconia'' is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Baeriidae. It was described by English anatomist and zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1833.Grant, R. E. (1833). Lectures on Comparative Anatomy and Animal Physiology. Lecture IV. On t ...
'' (Topsent, 1907)[Topsent, M. E. (1907). Éponges calcaires recueillies par le Français dans l'Antarctique (Expédition du Dr. Charcot). ''Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris'', 13, 539–544.]
*'' Leuconia nivea'' (Grant, 1826)[de Laubenfels, M. W. (1942). Porifera from Greenland and Baffinland collected by Captain Robert A. Bartlett. ''Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences'', 32(9), 263–269.]
Several other species formerly treated as part of ''Leuconia'' have been transferred to other genera, primarily ''Leucandra''.[
]
References
Calcaronea
Sponge genera
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