Leucettusa is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Leucaltidae.[1] The species of this genus are mostly known from the Arctic and Antarctic, New Zealand and Southwest Australia.[2]
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| Leucettusa tubulosa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Clathrinida |
| Family: | Leucaltidae |
| Genus: | Leucettusa Haeckel, 1872 |
| Type species | |
| Leucettusa corticata (Haeckel, 1872)
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Description
editSpecies have a simple tubular body with a large atrium, and choanocyte chambers which are either elongated, spherical or both.[2]
Species
editThe following species are recognised:[1]
- Leucettusa clathria
- Leucettusa corticata (Haeckel, 1872)
- Leucettusa dictyogaster Dendy & Row, 1913
- Leucettusa haeckeliana (Polejaeff, 1883)
- Leucettusa imperfecta (Polejaeff, 1883)
- Leucettusa lancifera Dendy, 1924
- Leucettusa mariae Brøndsted, 1927
- Leucettusa nuda (Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009)
- Leucettusa pyriformis Brøndsted, 1927
- Leucettusa sambucus (Preiwisch, 1904)
- Leucettusa simplicissima Burton, 1932
- Leucettusa soyo (Hôzawa, 1933)
- Leucettusa tubulosa Dendy, 1924
- Leucettusa vera Poléjaeff, 1883
References
edit- ^ a b "Leucettusa Haeckel, 1872". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ a b Borojevic, Radovan; Boury-Esnault, Nicole; Manuel, Michaël; Vacelet, Jean (2002), Hooper, John N. A.; Van Soest, Rob W. M.; Willenz, Philippe (eds.), "Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958", Systema Porifera, Boston, MA: Springer US, pp. 1141–1152, doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_118, ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2, retrieved 2021-08-21