WoRMS taxon details
Leucaltis Haeckel, 1872
131734 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131734)
accepted
Genus
Leucaltis clathria Haeckel, 1872 (type by subsequent designation)
Heteropegma Poléjaeff, 1883 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Leucettusa Haeckel, 1872 · unaccepted (Genus synonymisation)
- Species Leucaltis clathria Haeckel, 1872
- Species Leucaltis corticata (Haeckel, 1872)
- Species Leucaltis latitubulata (Carter, 1886)
- Species Leucaltis nodusgordii (Poléjaeff, 1883)
- Species Leucaltis sambucus (Preiwisch, 1904)
- Species Leucaltis tenuis Hôzawa, 1929
- Species Leucaltis mauritiana Schuffner, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
- Species Leucaltis bathybia Haeckel, 1869 accepted as Leucandra bathybia (Haeckel, 1869) (genus transfer)
- Species Leucaltis bleekii Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucandra bleekii (Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer)
- Species Leucaltis compressa (Dendy & Frederick, 1924) accepted as Ascoleucetta compressa Dendy & Frederick, 1924 (genus transfer)
- Species Leucaltis crustacea Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucandra crustacea (Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer)
- Species Leucaltis curva Schuffner, 1877 accepted as Leucandra curva (Schuffner, 1877) (genus transfer)
- Species Leucaltis floridana Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucetta floridana (Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer)
- Species Leucaltis gastrorhabdifera Burton, 1932 accepted as Amphoriscus gastrorhabdifer (Burton, 1932) (genus transfer)
- Species Leucaltis helena Lendenfeld, 1885 accepted as Leucandra helena (Lendenfeld, 1885) (genus transfer)
- Species Leucaltis impressa Hanitsch, 1890 accepted as Aphroceras ensata (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
- Species Leucaltis nausicaae Schuffner, 1877 accepted as Leucandra nausicaae (Schuffner, 1877) (genus transfer)
- Species Leucaltis normanni Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucandra pumila (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
- Species Leucaltis nuda Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009 accepted as Rowella simplicissima (Burton, 1932) (junior synonym and genus transfer)
- Species Leucaltis pumila (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Leucandra pumila (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Leucaltis Haeckel, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131734 on 2026-07-12
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original description
Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
original description (of Leucettusa Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
original description (of Heteropegma Poléjaeff, 1883) Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 8 (2): 1-76, pl. I-IX., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-24/README.htm
page(s): 85 [details]
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_118 [details] Available for editors
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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 Leucettusa Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
original description (of Heteropegma Poléjaeff, 1883) Poléjaeff, N. (1883). Report on the Calcarea dredged by H.M.S.'Challenger' during the years 1873-1876. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1873–76. Zoology.</em> 8 (2): 1-76, pl. I-IX., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-24/README.htm
page(s): 85 [details]
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), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_118 [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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Lopes, M.V.; Klautau, M. (2023). Phylogeny and revision of <i>Leucaltis</i> and <i>Leucettusa</i> (Porifera: Calcarea), with new classification proposals and description of a new type of aquiferous system. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 198 (3): 691–746., available online at https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad008/7146175
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 8 [details] Available for editors
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additional source
Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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