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Leucosolenia Bowerbank, 1864 
AphiaID: 131715

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Calcaronea (Subclass) > Leucosolenida (Order) > Leucosoleniidae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
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Rank Genus
Parent Leucosoleniidae Minchin, 1900
Synonymised
taxa
  Ascortis Haeckel, 1872 (junior synonym)
Asculmis Haeckel, 1872 (junior synonym)
Ascuris Haeckel, 1872 (junior synonym)
Clistolynthus Haeckel, 1870 (junior synonym)
Nardopsis Haeckel, 1870 (junior synonym)
Olynthus Haeckel, 1869 (junior synonym)
Tarrus Haeckel, 1869 (junior synonym)
Sources  original description: Bowerbank, J.S. 1864a. A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. (look up in IMIS[details] [full text]

additional source: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

additional source: Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103 (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of Sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers: New York, NY (USA). ISBN 0-306-47260-0. xix, 1-1101, 1103-1706 (2 volumes) pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

from synonym: Haeckel, E. 1872b. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. (G. Reimer:Berlin): (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] [view taxon] [full text]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English branching ball-sponge  [details]
Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Leucosolenia aboralis Brøndsted, 1931
Species Leucosolenia albatrossi Hozawa, 1918
Species Leucosolenia arachnoides (Haeckel, 1872)
Species Leucosolenia australis Brøndsted, 1931
Species Leucosolenia botryoides (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Species Leucosolenia cervicornis (Haeckel, 1872)
Species Leucosolenia clarkii (Verrill, 1873)
Species Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1818)
Species Leucosolenia cyathus (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia discoveryi Jenkin, 1908
Species Leucosolenia echinata Kirk, 1893
Species Leucosolenia eleanor Urban, 1906
Species Leucosolenia eustephana Haeckel, 1872
Species Leucosolenia falklandica Breitfuss, 1898
Species Leucosolenia feuerlandica Tanita, 1942
Species Leucosolenia flexilis (Haeckel, 1872)
Species Leucosolenia fragilis (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia gegenbauri (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia goethei (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia hispidissima (Haeckel, 1872)
Species Leucosolenia horrida (Schmidt in Haeckel, 1872)
Species Leucosolenia incerta Urban, 1908
Species Leucosolenia lucasi Dendy, 1891
Species Leucosolenia macquariensis Dendy, 1918
Species Leucosolenia microspinata Longo, 2009
Species Leucosolenia minchini Jenkin, 1908
Species Leucosolenia minuta Tanita, 1943
Species Leucosolenia mollis Tanita, 1941
Species Leucosolenia nautilia de Laubenfels, 1930
Species Leucosolenia parthenopea Sarà, 1953
Species Leucosolenia pilosella Brøndsted, 1931
Species Leucosolenia pyriformis Tanita, 1943
Species Leucosolenia rosea Kirk, 1896
Species Leucosolenia serica Tanita, 1942
Species Leucosolenia sertularia (Haeckel, 1872)
Species Leucosolenia solida Brøndsted, 1931
Species Leucosolenia somesi (Bowerbank, 1874)
Species Leucosolenia tenera Tanita, 1940
Species Leucosolenia variabilis (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia ventosa Hozawa, 1940
Species Leucosolenia vesicula (Haeckel, 1870)

Species Leucosolenia apicalis Brøndsted, 1931 accepted as Soleneiscus apicalis (Brøndsted, 1931)
Species Leucosolenia armata (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1818)
Species Leucosolenia asconoides (Carter, 1886) accepted as Ascute asconoides (Carter, 1886)
Species Leucosolenia atlantica Thacker, 1908 accepted as Clathrina atlantica (Thacker, 1908)
Species Leucosolenia blanca (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868) accepted as Guancha blanca Miklucho-Maclay, 1868
Species Leucosolenia canariensis (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868) accepted as Clathrina canariensis (Miklucho-Maclay, 1868)
Species Leucosolenia cancellata Verrill, 1873 accepted as Clathrina cancellata (Verrill, 1873)
Species Leucosolenia cerebrum (Haeckel, 1870) accepted as Clathrina cerebrum (Haeckel, 1872)
Species Leucosolenia ceylonensis Dendy, 1905 accepted as Clathrina ceylonensis (Dendy, 1905)
Species Leucosolenia challengeri Poléjaeff, 1883 accepted as Dendya clathrata (Carter, 1883)
Species Leucosolenia clathrus (Schmidt, 1864) accepted as Clathrina clathrus (Schmidt, 1864)
Species Leucosolenia contorta Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Clathrina contorta (Bowerbank, 1866)
Species Leucosolenia convallaria (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Guancha blanca Miklucho-Maclay, 1868
Species Leucosolenia coralloides Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Ascyssa coralloides (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia corallorrhiza (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Leucosolenia variabilis (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia cordata (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Clathrina cordata (Haeckel, 1872)
Species Leucosolenia coriacea (Montagu, 1818) accepted as Clathrina coriacea (Montagu, 1818)
Species Leucosolenia darwini Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Clathrina darwini (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia darwinii Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Clathrina darwini (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia densa (Haeckel, 1870) accepted as Clathrina densa (Haeckel, 1872)
Species Leucosolenia depressa Dendy, 1891 accepted as Ascandra depressa (Dendy, 1891)
Species Leucosolenia dubia Dendy, 1891 accepted as Clathrina dubia (Dendy, 1891)
Species Leucosolenia echinoides Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Leucosolenia cyathus (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia fabricii Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1818)
Species Leucosolenia fabricii (Schmidt, 1869) accepted as Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1818)
Species Leucosolenia falcata (Haeckel, 1870) accepted as Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1870
Species Leucosolenia gardineri Dendy, 1913 accepted as Clathrina gardineri (Dendy, 1913)
Species Leucosolenia gracilis Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Guancha gracilis (Haeckel, 1872)
Species Leucosolenia granti Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucosolenia botryoides (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Species Leucosolenia grisea Dendy & Frederick, 1924 accepted as Ascaltis grisea (Dendy & Frederick, 1924)
Species Leucosolenia hermesi (Breitfuss, 1897) accepted as Clathrina reticulum (Schmidt, 1862)
Species Leucosolenia himantia Haeckel, 1869 accepted as Clathrina coriacea (Montagu, 1818)
Species Leucosolenia hispida Brøndsted, 1931 accepted as Soleneiscus hispidus (Brøndsted, 1931)
Species Leucosolenia intermedia Kirk, 1896 accepted as Dendya clathrata (Carter, 1883)
Species Leucosolenia irregularis Jenkin, 1908 accepted as Soleneiscus irregularis (Jenkin, 1908)
Species Leucosolenia izuensis Tanita, 1942 accepted as Clathrina izuensis (Tanita, 1942)
Species Leucosolenia lacunosa (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Guancha lacunosa (Johnston, 1842)
Species Leucosolenia lamarcki Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Ascaltis lamarcki (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia laxa Kirk, 1896 accepted as Clathrina laxa (Kirk, 1896)
Species Leucosolenia lieberkuehni (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Leucosolenia botryoides (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Species Leucosolenia macleayi (Lendenfeld, 1885) accepted as Guancha macleayi (Lendenfeld, 1885)
Species Leucosolenia minorcensis Lackschewitz, 1886 accepted as Clathrina minoricensis (Lackschewitsch, 1896)
Species Leucosolenia minoricensis Lackschewitz, 1886 accepted as Clathrina minoricensis (Lackschewitsch, 1896)
Species Leucosolenia multiformis Breitfuss, 1898 accepted as Clathrina multiformis (Breitfuss, 1898)
Species Leucosolenia mutsu Hozawa, 1928 accepted as Clathrina mutsu (Hozawa, 1928)
Species Leucosolenia nanseni Breitfuss, 1896 accepted as Clathrina nanseni (Breitfuss, 1896)
Species Leucosolenia panis (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Clathrina panis (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia pelliculata Dendy, 1891 accepted as Clathrina pelliculata (Dendy, 1891) accepted as Ascaltis pelliculata (Dendy, 1891)
Species Leucosolenia pinus Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1818)
Species Leucosolenia pocillum Haeckel, 1870 accepted as Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1818)
Species Leucosolenia primordialis (Haeckel, 1870) accepted as Clathrina primordialis (Haeckel, 1872)
Species Leucosolenia protogenes (Haekel, 1872) accepted as Leucascus protogenes (Haeckel, 1872 sensu Dendy 1891)
Species Leucosolenia proxima Dendy, 1891 accepted as Ascandra loculosa (Dendy, 1891)
Species Leucosolenia proxima Kirk, 1896 accepted as Ascandra osculum (Carter, 1886)
Species Leucosolenia psammophila Row & Hozawa, 1931 accepted as Ascaltis procumbens (Lendenfeld, 1885) accepted as Clathrina procumbens (von Lendenfeld, 1885)
Species Leucosolenia pulcherrima Dendy, 1891 accepted as Guancha pulcherrima (Dendy, 1891)
Species Leucosolenia sagamiana Hozawa, 1929 accepted as Clathrina sagamiana (Hozawa, 1929)
Species Leucosolenia sagittaria (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Guancha blanca Miklucho-Maclay, 1868
Species Leucosolenia soyo Hozawa, 1933 accepted as Clathrina soyo (Hozawa, 1933)
Species Leucosolenia stipitata Dendy, 1891 accepted as Guancha stipitata (Dendy, 1891)
Species Leucosolenia stolonifer Dendy, 1891 accepted as Soleneiscus stolonifer (Dendy, 1891)
Species Leucosolenia tenuipilosa Dendy, 1905 accepted as Clathrina tenuipilosa (Dendy, 1905)
Species Leucosolenia thamnoides Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucosolenia fragilis (Haeckel, 1870)
Species Leucosolenia uteoides Dendy, 1893 accepted as Ascute uteoides (Dendy, 1893)
Species Leucosolenia ventricosa (Carter, 1886) accepted as Clathrina ventricosa Carter, 1886 accepted as Ascaltis ventricosa (Carter, 1886) accepted as Ascoleucetta ventricosa (Carter, 1886)
Species Leucosolenia vitraea Row & Hozawa, 1931 accepted as Ascaltis vitraea (Row & Hozawa, 1931)
Species Leucosolenia wilsoni Dendy, 1891 accepted as Ascaltis wilsoni (Dendy, 1891)
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution South Africa (country) [details]

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Note  Spelling: Referred to by RAMS as Leucoselenia[details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131715
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Leucosolenia Bowerbank, 1864. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database at http://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131715 on 2013-05-23
  


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