pancake sponge

Leuconia nivea

Classification

Class: Calcarea
Order: Baerida
Family: Baeriidae

Leuconia is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Baeriidae. It was described by English anatomist and zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1833. Species The following species of Leuconia are accepted in the World Porifera database: Leuconia alaskensis de Laubenfels, 1953 Leuconia dura (Hozawa, 1929) Leuconia gladiator (Dendy, 1893) Leuconia johnstoni Carter, 1871 Leuconia joubini (Topsent, 1907) Leuconia nivea (Grant, 1826) Leuconia ochotensis (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870) Leuconia usa (de Laubenfels, 1942) Several other species formerly treated as part of Leuconia have been transferred to…

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 39Spain · 1

Sources and credits

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pancake sponge

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