World Porifera Database - Species - Leucandra falcigera Schuffner, 1877

Porifera taxon details

Leucandra falcigera Schuffner, 1877

AphiaID

164310 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164310)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Leucandra Haeckel, 1872

Original name

Leucandra falcigera Schuffner, 1877

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Schuffner, O. 1877. Beschreibung einiger neuer Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 11: 403-433 pls XXIV-XXVI.
page(s): 416 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Mascarene Islands

type locality contained in Mascarene Islands [details]

, Note Mauritius

Type locality Mauritius [details]

Taxonomic 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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Leucandra falcigera Schuffner, 1877. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=164310 on 2026-08-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2009-12-05 18:55:35Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Schuffner, O. 1877. Beschreibung einiger neuer Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 11: 403-433 pls XXIV-XXVI.
page(s): 416 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unreviewed

Type locality Mauritius [details]

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)