World Porifera Database - Species - Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924

Porifera taxon details

Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924

AphiaID

184594 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:184594)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Type taxon

Ascoleucetta compressa Dendy & Frederick, 1924 (type by monotypy)

Parent

Leucettidae de Laubenfels, 1936

Original name

Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924

Direct children (9)

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Species Ascoleucetta compressa Dendy & Frederick, 1924
Species Ascoleucetta gabensis Klautau, Lopes, Tavares, Rizzieri, Sorokin, Fromont, Goudie, Crowther, McCormack, George & Wahab, 2024
Species Ascoleucetta globularis Klautau, Lopes, Tavares, Rizzieri, Sorokin, Fromont, Goudie, Crowther, McCormack, George & Wahab, 2024
Species Ascoleucetta parallela Klautau, Lopes, Tavares, Rizzieri, Sorokin, Fromont, Goudie, Crowther, McCormack, George & Wahab, 2024
Species Ascoleucetta plana Klautau, Lopes, Tavares, Rizzieri, Sorokin, Fromont, Goudie, Crowther, McCormack, George & Wahab, 2024
Species Ascoleucetta ventricosa (Carter, 1886)
Species Ascoleucetta amitsbo (Hôzawa, 1929) accepted as Bidderia amitsbo (Hôzawa, 1929) (genus transfer)
Species Ascoleucetta sagittata Cavalcanti, Rapp & Klautau, 2013 accepted as Leucetta chagosensis Dendy, 1913 (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Species Ascoleucetta soyo (Hôzawa, 1933) accepted as Leucettusa soyo (Hôzawa, 1933)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Dendy, A.; Frederick, L.M. (1924). On a Collection of Sponges from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology. 35: 477-519, pls 25-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb00052.x [details] Available for editors

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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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=184594 on 2026-06-30

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-12 17:12:35Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-01-05 16:19:33Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-02-12 19:31:25Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2009-09-04 14:52:15Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

2013-03-01 13:54:44Z

changed

Klautau, Michelle

2020-12-15 13:26:06Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2026-06-30 12:03:42Z

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Klautau, Michelle

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original description Dendy, A.; Frederick, L.M. (1924). On a Collection of Sponges from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology. 35: 477-519, pls 25-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb00052.x [details] Available for editors

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new combination reference Klautau, M.; Lopes, M.V.; Tavares, G.; Rizzieri, R.; Sorokin, S.; Fromont, J.; Goudie, L.; Crowther, A.; McCormack, S.; George, A.M.; Wahab, M.A.A. (2024 (2025)). Calcinean sponges (Porifera: Calcarea) from the shelf edge of the Great Australian Bight. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 203, (3): 1-43., available online at http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank. org:pub:f54626cb-d4f3-4273-8473-74cac739ce0c
page(s): 40; note: Transference of Ascoleucetta from the family Leucascidae to Leucettidae. [details] Available for editors

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status source Cavalcanti, F.F.; Rapp, H.T.; Klautau, M. (2013). Taxonomic revision of Leucascus Dendy, 1892 (Porifera: Calcarea) with revalidation of Ascoleucetta Dendy Frederick, 1924 and description of three new species. Zootaxa. 3619(3): 275-314., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3619.3.3
page(s): 276; note: Revalidation of Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924. [details] Available for editors

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