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Leucaltis Haeckel, 1872

131734  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131734)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Porifera (Phylum)
  4. Calcarea (Class)
  5. Calcinea (Subclass)
  6. Clathrinida (Order)
  7. Leucaltidae (Family)
  8. Leucaltis (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Leucaltis clathria Haeckel, 1872 (type by subsequent designation)
Heteropegma Poléjaeff, 1883 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Leucettusa Haeckel, 1872 · unaccepted (Genus synonymisation)

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  1. Species Leucaltis clathria Haeckel, 1872
  2. Species Leucaltis corticata (Haeckel, 1872)
  3. Species Leucaltis latitubulata (Carter, 1886)
  4. Species Leucaltis nodusgordii (Poléjaeff, 1883)
  5. Species Leucaltis sambucus (Preiwisch, 1904)
  6. Species Leucaltis tenuis Hôzawa, 1929
  7. Species Leucaltis bathybia Haeckel, 1869 accepted as Leucandra bathybia (Haeckel, 1869) (genus transfer)
  8. Species Leucaltis bleekii Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucandra bleekii (Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer)
  9. Species Leucaltis compressa (Dendy & Frederick, 1924) accepted as Leucascus compressus Dendy & Frederick, 1924 accepted as Ascoleucetta compressa Dendy & Frederick, 1924 (genus transfer)
  10. Species Leucaltis crustacea Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucandra crustacea (Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer)
  11. Species Leucaltis curva Schuffner, 1877 accepted as Leucandra curva (Schuffner, 1877) (genus transfer)
  12. Species Leucaltis floridana Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucetta floridana (Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer)
  13. Species Leucaltis gastrorhabdifera Burton, 1932 accepted as Amphoriscus gastrorhabdifer (Burton, 1932) (genus transfer)
  14. Species Leucaltis helena Lendenfeld, 1885 accepted as Leucandra helena (Lendenfeld, 1885) (genus transfer)
  15. Species Leucaltis impressa Hanitsch, 1890 accepted as Aphroceras ensata (Bowerbank, 1858) (genus transfer & junior synonym)
  16. Species Leucaltis nausicaae Schuffner, 1877 accepted as Leucandra nausicaae (Schuffner, 1877) (genus transfer)
  17. Species Leucaltis normanni Haeckel, 1872 accepted as Leucandra pumila (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  18. Species Leucaltis nuda Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009 accepted as Leucettusa nuda (Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009) accepted as Rowella simplicissima (Burton, 1932)
  19. Species Leucaltis pumila (Bowerbank, 1866) accepted as Leucandra pumila (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
  20. Species Leucaltis mauritiana Schuffner, 1877 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
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] OpenAccess publication
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. Leucaltis Haeckel, 1872. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131734 on 2025-05-02
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2009-09-04 14:52:15Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
2020-12-15 13:26:06Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.

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] OpenAccess publication

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] OpenAccess publication

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] OpenAccess publication

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] Full text PDF

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  PDF available [request]

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  PDF available [request]

redescription 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  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Leucettusa Haeckel, 1872) 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] Full text PDF

basis of record (of Leucettusa Haeckel, 1872) 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  PDF available [request]

basis of record (of Heteropegma Poléjaeff, 1883) 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] OpenAccess publication

additional source (of Heteropegma Poléjaeff, 1883) Burton, M. (1963). A revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. With a Catalogue of the specimens in the British Museum (Natural History). W. Clowes and Sons Ltd.: London. 693 pp. [details] 

additional source (of Leucettusa Haeckel, 1872) Kelly, M.; Edwards, A.R.; Wilkinson, M.R.; Alvarez, B.; Cook, S. de C.; Bergquist, P.R.; Buckeridge, St J.; Campbell, H.J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Valentine, C.; Vacelet, J. (2009). Phylum Porifera: sponges. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 23-46. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
 
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