World Porifera Database - Species - Leuconia anfracta Urban, 1908

Porifera name details

Leuconia anfracta Urban, 1908

AphiaID

192212 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192212)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (genus transfer)

Accepted name

Leucandra anfracta (Urban, 1908)

Rank

Species

Parent

Leuconia Grant, 1833

Original name

Leuconia anfracta Urban, 1908

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Urban, F. (1908). Die Kalkschwämme der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 33: 247-252.
page(s): 251-252 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Kerguelen Islands

type locality contained in Kerguelen Islands [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. Leuconia anfracta Urban, 1908. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=192212 on 2026-08-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-12-03 18:45:24Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description Urban, F. (1908). Die Kalkschwämme der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 33: 247-252.
page(s): 251-252 [details]

additional source Borojevic, R.; Grua, P. (1965). Eponges calcaires de Kerguelen. Systématique et écologie. Archives de Zoologie Expérimentale et Générale. 105(1): 1-29.
page(s): 18-19 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)