Porifera taxon details
Leucascus Dendy, 1892
164740 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164740)
accepted
Genus
Leucascus simplex Dendy, 1892 (type by monotypy)
- Species Leucascus albus Cavalcanti, Rapp & Klautau, 2013
- Species Leucascus boomerang Klautau, Lopes, Tavares, Rizzieri, Sorokin, Fromont, Goudie, Crowther, McCormack, George & Wahab, 2024
- Species Leucascus clavatus Dendy, 1893
- Species Leucascus digitiformis Klautau, Lopes, Guarabyra, Folcher, Ekins & Debitus, 2020
- Species Leucascus flavus Cavalcanti, Rapp & Klautau, 2013
- Species Leucascus leptoraphis (Jenkin, 1908)
- Species Leucascus lobatus Rapp, 2004
- Species Leucascus neocaledonicus Borojevic & Klautau, 2000
- Species Leucascus polynesiensis Lopes, Pérez & Klautau, 2024
- Species Leucascus protogenes (Haeckel, 1872 sensu Dendy, 1891)
- Species Leucascus roseus Lanna, Rossi, Cavalcanti, Hajdu & Klautau, 2007
- Species Leucascus schleyeri Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
- Species Leucascus simplex Dendy, 1892
- Species Leucascus tenuispinae Klautau, Lopes, Tavares & Pérez, 2021
- Species Leucascus amitsbo (Hôzawa, 1929) accepted as Bidderia amitsba (Hôzawa, 1929) (Change of genus)
- Species Leucascus compressa (Dendy & Frederick, 1924) accepted as Ascoleucetta compressa Dendy & Frederick, 1924 (Revalidation of Ascoleucetta)
- Species Leucascus compressus Dendy & Frederick, 1924 accepted as Ascoleucetta compressa Dendy & Frederick, 1924 (Revalidation of Ascoleucetta)
- Species Leucascus insignis (Row & Hôzawa, 1931) accepted as Leucetta insignis Row & Hôzawa, 1931
- Species Leucascus mariae (Brøndsted, 1926) accepted as Rowella mariae (Brøndsted, 1926)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Dendy, A. (1892). Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela; with a proposed Classification of the Group and Descriptions of some New Genera and Species. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 5: 69-116.
page(s): 71 [details]
page(s): 71 [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. Leucascus Dendy, 1892. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=164740 on 2025-05-07
Date
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z
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original description
Dendy, A. (1892). Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela; with a proposed Classification of the Group and Descriptions of some New Genera and Species. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 5: 69-116.
page(s): 71 [details]
additional source Cavalcanti, F.F.; Klautau, M. (2011). Solenoid: a new aquiferous system to Porifera. <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 130: 255-260. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 71 [details]
additional source Cavalcanti, F.F.; Klautau, M. (2011). Solenoid: a new aquiferous system to Porifera. <em>Zoomorphology.</em> 130: 255-260. [details] Available for editors
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
