Leucettusa

Leucettusa is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Leucaltidae.[1] The species of this genus are mostly known from the Arctic and Antarctic, New Zealand and Southwest Australia.[2]

Leucettusa
Leucettusa tubulosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Clathrinida
Family: Leucaltidae
Genus: Leucettusa
Haeckel, 1872
Type species
Leucettusa corticata
(Haeckel, 1872)
Species

See text.

Description

Species have a simple tubular body with a large atrium, and choanocyte chambers which are either elongated, spherical or both.[2]

Species

The following species are recognised:[1]

  • Leucettusa clathria
  • Leucettusa corticata (Haeckel, 1872)
  • Leucettusa dictyogaster Dendy & Row, 1913
  • Leucettusa haeckeliana (Polejaeff, 1883)
  • Leucettusa imperfecta (Polejaeff, 1883)
  • Leucettusa lancifera Dendy, 1924
  • Leucettusa mariae Brøndsted, 1927
  • Leucettusa nuda (Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009)
  • Leucettusa pyriformis Brøndsted, 1927
  • Leucettusa sambucus (Preiwisch, 1904)
  • Leucettusa simplicissima Burton, 1932
  • Leucettusa soyo (Hôzawa, 1933)
  • Leucettusa tubulosa Dendy, 1924
  • Leucettusa vera Poléjaeff, 1883

References
  1. "Leucettusa Haeckel, 1872". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. Borojevic, Radovan; Boury-Esnault, Nicole; Manuel, Michaël; Vacelet, Jean (2002), Hooper, John N. A.; Van Soest, Rob W. M.; Willenz, Philippe (eds.), "Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958", Systema Porifera, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 1141–1152, doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_118, ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2, retrieved 2021-08-21
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