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Leucaltidae Dendy & Row, 1913
Leucettusinae Laubenfels, 1936 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Genus Leucaltis Haeckel, 1872
- Genus Heteropegma Poléjaeff, 1883 accepted as Leucaltis Haeckel, 1872 (junior synonym)
- Genus Homandra Lendenfeld, 1891 accepted as Ascandra Haeckel, 1872 (junior synonym)
- Genus Leucettusa Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucaltis Haeckel, 1872 (Genus synonymisation)
- Subfamily Leucettusinae Laubenfels, 1936 accepted as Leucaltidae Dendy & Row, 1913 (junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Dendy, A.; Row, R.W.H. (1913). The Classification and Phylogeny of the Calcareous Sponges, with a Reference List of all the described Species, systematically arranged. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3: 704-813. [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. Leucaltidae Dendy & Row, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131620 on 2025-05-02
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original description
Dendy, A.; Row, R.W.H. (1913). The Classification and Phylogeny of the Calcareous Sponges, with a Reference List of all the described Species, systematically arranged. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 3: 704-813. [details]
original description (of Leucettusinae Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
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basis of record Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. Pp. 1141-1152. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY, 1708+xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. Pp. 1141-1152. <i>In</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Leucettusinae Laubenfels, 1936) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1936). A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera. <em>Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication.</em> 467 (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30) 1-225, pls 1-22.
page(s): 198 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. Pp. 1141-1152. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY, 1708+xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. Pp. 1141-1152. <i>In</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
