WoRMS taxon details
Paraleucilla saccharata (Haeckel, 1872)
164226 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164226)
accepted
Species
Leucandra saccharata Haeckel, 1872 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Leucilla australiensis (Carter, 1886) · unaccepted (genus transfer and preoccupied)
Leucilla saccharata (Haeckel, 1872) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Leuconia johnstonii var. australiensis Carter, 1886 · unaccepted (genus transfer, status change and...)
genus transfer, status change and junior synonym
Leuconia saccharata (Haeckel, 1872) · unaccepted
Paraleucilla bassensis Van Soest, 2024 · unaccepted (preoccupied and junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Leucandra saccharata 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] 
Type locality contained in Bassian
type locality contained in Bassian [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Paraleucilla saccharata (Haeckel, 1872). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164226 on 2026-02-17
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Leucandra saccharata 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 Leuconia johnstonii var. australiensis Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 34-55, 126-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459946
page(s): 133-134 [details]
original description (of Paraleucilla bassensis Van Soest, 2024) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 95 [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Leuconia johnstonii var. australiensis Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 34-55, 126-149., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222938609459946
page(s): 133-134 [details]
original description (of Paraleucilla bassensis Van Soest, 2024) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2024). Correcting sponge names: nomenclatural update of lower taxa level Porifera. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5398(1): 1-122., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5398.1.1
page(s): 95 [details] Available for editors
[request]Taxonomy
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Leuconia johnstonii var. australiensis Carter, 1886) BMNH 1887.7.12.28 & 72, geounit Bassian [details]
