Leucandra ananas
creator: van Soest, Rob W.M.
date: 2026-08-30
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Leucandra ananas (Montagu, 1814)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: 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. Leucandra ananas (Montagu, 1814). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164273 on 2026-08-30
created: 2005-07-10T20:05:41Z
modified: 2014-02-16T19:30:10Z
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rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Leucandra ananas (Montagu, 1814)
class: Calcarea
family: Grantiidae
genus: Leucandra
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Grant, R.E. (1826). Remarks on the structures of some Calcareous Sponges. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. 1: 166-170.
name published in: Montagu, G. (1814 [1818]). An Essay on Sponges, with Descriptions of all the Species that have been discovered on the Coast of Great Britain. Memoirs of the Wernerian Natural History Society. 2(1): 67-122, pls III-XVI.
name published in year: 1826
name published in year: 1814 [1818]
order: Leucosolenida
parent name usage ID: 131704
phylum: Porifera
scientific name authorship: (Montagu, 1814)
specific epithet: ananas
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted