WoRMS taxon details
Leucetta pyriformis Dendy, 1913
164762 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164762)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Dendy, A. (1913). The Percy Sladen trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905 (V). I. Report on the Calcareous Sponges collected by HMS ‘Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 2 (16): 1-29.
page(s): 11-12 [details]
page(s): 11-12 [details]
Holotype BM BMNH 1925.11.1.1120, geounit Cargados...
Holotype BM BMNH 1925.11.1.1120, geounit Cargados Carajos/Tromelin Island [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Leucetta pyriformis Dendy, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164762 on 2025-10-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Dendy, A. (1913). The Percy Sladen trust expedition to the Indian Ocean in 1905 (V). I. Report on the Calcareous Sponges collected by HMS ‘Sealark' in the Indian Ocean. <em>Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.</em> 2 (16): 1-29.
page(s): 11-12 [details]
page(s): 11-12 [details]
Other
additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M.; De Voogd, N.J. (2018). Calcareous sponges of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4426 (1): 1-160., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4426.1.1
page(s): 82-84 [details]
additional source Klautau, M.; Lopes, M.V.; Tavares, G.; Rizzieri, R.; Sorokin, S.; Fromont, J.; Goudie, L.; Crowther, A.; McCormack, S.; George, A.M.; Wahab, M.A.A. (2024 (2025)). Calcinean sponges (Porifera: Calcarea) from the shelf edge of the Great Australian Bight. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 203, (3): 1-43., available online at http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank. org:pub:f54626cb-d4f3-4273-8473-74cac739ce0c
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
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additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 180 [details]
page(s): 82-84 [details]
additional source Klautau, M.; Lopes, M.V.; Tavares, G.; Rizzieri, R.; Sorokin, S.; Fromont, J.; Goudie, L.; Crowther, A.; McCormack, S.; George, A.M.; Wahab, M.A.A. (2024 (2025)). Calcinean sponges (Porifera: Calcarea) from the shelf edge of the Great Australian Bight. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 203, (3): 1-43., available online at http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank. org:pub:f54626cb-d4f3-4273-8473-74cac739ce0c
page(s): 28 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Burton, M. (1959). Sponges. <em>In: Scientific Reports. John Murray Expedition 1933-34. 10(5). British Museum (Natural History): London.</em> Pp. 151-281., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49512735
page(s): 180 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BM BMNH 1925.11.1.1120, geounit Cargados Carajos/Tromelin Island [details]
