Leucandra foliata Hozawa, 1918 
AphiaID: 164312

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Calcaronea (Subclass) > Leucosolenida (Order) > Grantiidae (Family) > Leucandra (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Leucandra Haeckel, 1872
Sources		original description: Hôzawa, S. 1918. Reports on the calcareous sponges collected during 1906 by the United States Fisheries Steamer Albatross in the Northwestern Pacific. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 54: 525-556. [details] [full text] additional source: Hôzawa, S. 1929. Studies on the calcareous sponges of Japan. Journal of the Faculty of Sciences, Imperial University of Tokyo 1: 277-389,pls I-XII. [details]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent only
Distribution		Central Kuroshio Current [details] East China Sea [details] Japanese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen		Holotype: USNM 9173, locality East China Sea (Japan, Hizen Province in Kiushu, off Osesaki) [details]
Links		To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Note		Type locality: Japan [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164312
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2005-07-10 18:05:41Z   created   db_admin 2009-12-05 18:55:35Z   changed   van Soest, Rob 2011-02-07 16:04:27Z   changed   van Soest, Rob
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		Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Leucandra foliata Hozawa, 1918. 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=164312 on 2013-05-20