Leucandra (sponge) explained

Leucandra is a genus of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Grantiidae. Its earliest known fossils are from the Jurassic.^[1] ^[2]

Species

Leucandra abratsbo Hozawa, 1929
Leucandra algoaensis (Bowerbank, 1864)
Leucandra amakusana Tanita, 1943
Leucandra amorpha Poléjaeff, 1883
Leucandra ananas (Montagu, 1814)
Leucandra anfracta (Urban, 1908)
Leucandra anguinea (Ridley, 1884)
Leucandra apicalis Urban, 1906
Leucandra armata (Urban, 1908)
Leucandra aspera (Schmidt, 1862)
Leucandra astricta Tanita, 1942
Leucandra australiensis (Carter, 1886)
Leucandra balearica Lackschewitz, 1886
Leucandra barbata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
Leucandra bathybia (Haeckel, 1869)
Leucandra belemnifera (Tsurnamal, 1975)
Leucandra bleeki (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucandra bolivari Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916
Leucandra brumalis Jenkin, 1908
Leucandra bulbosa Hanitsch, 1895
Leucandra caminus Haeckel, 1872
Leucandra capillata (Poléjaeff, 1883)
Leucandra caribea Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018
Leucandra cerebrum Hozawa & Tanita, 1941
Leucandra cirrhosa (Urban, 1908)
Leucandra claviformis Schuffner, 1877
Leucandra coimbrae (Breitfuss, 1898)
Leucandra comata Brøndsted, 1931
Leucandra compacta (Carter, 1886)
Leucandra conica Lendenfeld, 1885
Leucandra connectens Brøndsted, 1927
Leucandra consolida Tanita, 1943
Leucandra crambessa Haeckel, 1872
Leucandra crassior Ridley, 1881
Leucandra crosslandi Thacker, 1908
Leucandra crustacea (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucandra cumberlandensis Lambe, 1900
Leucandra curva (Schuffner, 1877)
Leucandra cylindrica Fristedt, 1887
Leucandra donnani Dendy, 1905
Leucandra dwarkaensis Dendy, 1916
Leucandra echinata Schuffner, 1877
Leucandra egedii (Schmidt, 1870)
Leucandra elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888)
Leucandra erinacea Lendenfeld, 1888
Leucandra falakra Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016
Leucandra falcigera Schuffner, 1877
Leucandra fernandensis (Breitfuss, 1898)
Leucandra fistulosa (Johnston, 1842)
Leucandra foliata Hozawa, 1918
Leucandra fragilis Hozawa, 1940
Leucandra frigida Jenkin, 1908
Leucandra gausapata Brøndsted, 1931
Leucandra gaussii (Brøndsted, 1931)
Leucandra glabra Hozawa, 1940
Leucandra globosa Tanita, 1943
Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)
Leucandra haurakii Brøndsted, 1927
Leucandra heathi Urban, 1906
Leucandra helena (Lendenfeld, 1885)
Leucandra henrycarteri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Leucandra hentschelii Brøndsted, 1931
Leucandra hispida (Carter, 1886)
Leucandra hozawai Tanita, 1942
Leucandra impigra Tanita, 1942
Leucandra intermedia (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucandra irregularis (Burton, 1930)
Leucandra kagoshimensis Hozawa, 1929
Leucandra kerguelensis (Urban, 1908)
Leucandra kurilensis Hozawa, 1918
Leucandra laptevi Koltun, 1952
Leucandra levis (Poléjaeff, 1883)
Leucandra lobata (Carter, 1886)
Leucandra loricata (Poléjaeff, 1883)
Leucandra losangelensis (de Laubenfels, 1930)
Leucandra magna Tanita, 1942
Leucandra masatierrae (Breitfuss, 1898)
Leucandra mawsoni Dendy, 1918
Leucandra meandrina Lendenfeld, 1885
Leucandra mediocancellata Hozawa, 1940
Leucandra minima Row & Hozawa, 1931
Leucandra minor (Urban, 1908)
Leucandra mitsukurii Hozawa, 1929
Leucandra mozambiquensis Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
Leucandra multifida (Carter, 1886)
Leucandra multiformis Polejaeff, 1883
Leucandra multituba Hozawa, 1929
Leucandra nakamurai Tanita, 1942
Leucandra nausicaae (Schuffner, 1877)
Leucandra nicolae Wörheide & Hooper, 2003
Leucandra odawarensis Hozawa, 1929
Leucandra okinoseana Hozawa, 1929
Leucandra onigaseana Hozawa, 1929
Leucandra ovata (Poléjaeff, 1883)
Leucandra pacifica Hozawa, 1929
Leucandra palaoensis Tanita, 1943
Leucandra pallida Row & Hozawa, 1931
Leucandra pandora (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucandra paucispina Hozawa, 1929
Leucandra phillipensis Dendy, 1893
Leucandra pilula Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
Leucandra platei (Breitfuss, 1898)
Leucandra poculiformis Hozawa, 1918
Leucandra polejaevi (Breitfuss, 1896)
Leucandra prava (Breitfuss, 1898)
Leucandra pulvinar (Haeckel, 1870)
Leucandra pumila (Bowerbank, 1866)
Leucandra pyriformis (Lambe, 1893)
Leucandra ramosa (Burton, 1934)
Leucandra regina Brøndsted, 1927
Leucandra reniformis Tanita, 1943
Leucandra rigida Hozawa, 1940
Leucandra riojai Ferrer-Hernandez, 1918
Leucandra rodriguezi (Lackschewitz, 1886)
Leucandra rudifera (Poléjaeff, 1883)
Leucandra sagmiana Hozawa, 1929
Leucandra secutor Brøndsted, 1927
Leucandra serrata Azevedo & Klautau, 2007
Leucandra seychellensis Hozawa, 1940
Leucandra sola Tanita, 1942
Leucandra solida Hozawa, 1929
Leucandra sphaeracella Wörheide & Hooper, 2003
Leucandra spinifera Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016^[3]
Leucandra spinosa Hozawa, 1940
Leucandra spissa (Urban, 1909)
Leucandra splendens Hozawa, 1918
Leucandra sulcata Ferrer-Hernandez, 1918
Leucandra tahuatae Klautau, Lopes, Guarabyra, Folcher, Ekins & Debitus, 2020
Leucandra taylori Lambe, 1900
Leucandra thulakomorpha Row & Hozawa, 1931
Leucandra tomentosa Tanita, 1940
Leucandra topsenti Breitfuss, 1929
Leucandra tropica Tanita, 1943
Leucandra tuba Hozawa, 1918
Leucandra tuberculata Hozawa, 1929
Leucandra typica (Poléjaeff, 1883)
Leucandra uschuariensis Tanita, 1942
Leucandra vaginata Lendenfeld, 1885
Leucandra valida Lambe, 1900
Leucandra verdensis Thacker, 1908
Leucandra vermiformis Tanita, 1941
Leucandra vesicularis Brøndsted, 1927
Leucandra villosa Lendenfeld, 1885
Leucandra vitrea (Urban, 1908)
Leucandra yuriagensis Hozawa, 1933

Notes and References

Hinde . G. J. . XLVI.—On a true Leuconid Calcisponge from the Middle Lias of Northamptonshire, and on detached Calcisponge spicules in the Upper Chalk of Surrey . 10.1080/00222938909460539 . Journal of Natural History. Series 6 . 4 . 23 . 352–358 . 1889 .
Book: Systema Porifera. 2. 2002. 0306472600. Hooper. John N. A.. Van Soest. Rob W. M.. Willenz. Philippe.
Michelle. Klautau. Mirna. Imešek. Fernanda. Azevedo. Bruna. Pleše. Vedran. Nikolić. Helena. Ćetković. 2016. Adriatic calcarean sponges (Porifera, Calcarea), with the description of six new species and a richness analysis. PDF. European Journal of Taxonomy. 178. 1–52. 10.5852/ejt.2016.178. free.