WoRMS name details
Leuconidae Poléjaef, 1884
833467 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:833467)
unaccepted (preoccupied)
Family
Leuconia Grant, 1833 (type by original designation)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Poléjaeff, N. (1884). Report on the Keratosa collected by H.M.S.‘Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 11 (part 31), 1–88, pl. 1-10., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-31/README.htm [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. Leuconidae Poléjaef, 1884. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=833467 on 2025-05-02
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Nomenclature
original description
Poléjaeff, N. (1884). Report on the Keratosa collected by H.M.S.‘Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 11 (part 31), 1–88, pl. 1-10., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-31/README.htm [details]
Other
additional source
Vosmaer, G.C.J. (1887). Klassen und Ordnungen der Spongien (Porifera). Pp. i-xii, 1-496, pls I-XXXIV. <i>In</i>: Bronn, H.G. (Ed.), Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs. 2. (Leipzig & Heidelberg). [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy This family name was coined for Haeckel's (1872) Cladoporcuta and Leucones, both of which are not available as family names. The name Leuconidae was already proposed by Sars (1872) for Crustacea. [details]
