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Porifera taxon details

Leucilla echina (Haeckel, 1872)

164215 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164215)

accepted
Species
Amphoriscus echinus (Haeckel, 1870) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Leucandra echinus (Haeckel, 1870) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
Leucilla echinus (Haeckel, 1872) · unaccepted (nomen corrigendum)
Leuculmis echinus Haeckel, 1872 · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Leucandra echinus (Haeckel, 1870)) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191. [details] OpenAccess publication

(of Amphoriscus echinus (Haeckel, 1870)) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191. [details] OpenAccess publication

(of Leuculmis echinus 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
Type locality contained in Southern Norway  
type locality contained in Southern Norway [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Leucilla echina (Haeckel, 1872). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=164215 on 2026-09-04
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original description (of Leucandra echinus (Haeckel, 1870)) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Amphoriscus echinus (Haeckel, 1870)) Haeckel, E. (1870). Prodromus of a system of the Calcareous sponges. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (4) 5: 176-191. [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Leuculmis echinus 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

additional source (of Leucilla echinus (Haeckel, 1872)) Burton, M. (1930). Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1930.tb00989.x [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source (of Leucilla echinus (Haeckel, 1872)) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details] OpenAccess publication

new combination reference (of Leucandra echinus (Haeckel, 1870)) Arnesen, E. (1901). Calcarea. <em>Meeresfauna von Bergen.</em> 1: 67-72. [details] 

new combination reference (of Amphoriscus echinus (Haeckel, 1870)) 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] 
 
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