Leucascus albus Cavalcanti, Rapp & Klautau, 2013 
AphiaID: 720257

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Calcarea (Class) > Calcinea (Subclass) > Clathrinida (Order) > Leucascidae (Family) > Leucascus (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Leucascus Dendy, 1892
Source		original description: Cavalcanti, F.F.; Rapp, H.T. & Klautau, M. 2013. Taxonomic revision of Leucascus Dendy, 1892 (Porifera: Calcarea) with revalidation of Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924 and description of three new species. Zootaxa 3619 (3): 275–314. page(s): 294 [details]
Environment		marine
Distribution		type locality: Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Specimen		Holotype: ZUFRJ UFRJPOR 5252, locality Brazilian Exclusive Economic Zone (Type locality: Rio de Janeiro, Arraial do Cabo) [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:720257
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2013-03-01 13:54:44Z   created   Klautau, Michelle
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		Citation: Klautau, M. (2013). Leucascus albus Cavalcanti, Rapp & Klautau, 2013. 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=720257 on 2013-05-18