Leucosolenia

Leucosolenia
	Leucosolenia variabilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Calcarea
Order:	Leucosolenida
Family:	Leucosoleniidae
Genus:	Leucosolenia; Bowerbank, 1861
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Ascortis Haeckel, 1872; Asculmis Haeckel, 1872; Ascuris Haeckel, 1872; Clistolynthus Haeckel, 1870; Nardopsis Haeckel, 1870; Olynthus Haeckel, 1869; Tarrus Haeckel, 1869;

Leucosolenia is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Leucosoleniidae. Species of this genus usually appear as groups of curved vases, up to 2 cm long, each ending in an osculum. The overall shape is sometimes likened to a tiny bunch of bananas. They are most often observed in tide pools, clustered around the base of seaweeds or on rocks, and occur in a variety of colours, usually rather pale. Its canal system is of asconoid type. The colony consists of few simple vase-like, cylindrical individuals each terminating in an osculum and united at their bases by irregular horizontal tubes. Leucosolenia reproduces both asexually and sexually. asexual reproduction by budding and sexual reproduction takes place by formation of gametes, i.e., ova and sperms. Lecosolenia is hermaphrodite, because both the gametes are formed in the body of same individual. Sponges are mostly asymmetrical, but Leucosolenia is symmetrical.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Leucosolenia:^[1]

Leucosolenia aboralis Brøndsted, 1931
Leucosolenia albatrossi Hôzawa, 1918
Leucosolenia arachnoides (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucosolenia australis Brøndsted, 1931
Leucosolenia botryoides (Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Leucosolenia brondstedi Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Leucosolenia cervicornis (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucosolenia clarkii (Verrill, 1873)
Leucosolenia complicata (Montagu, 1814)
Leucosolenia corallorrhiza (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucosolenia cyathus (Haeckel, 1870)
Leucosolenia discoveryi Jenkin, 1908
Leucosolenia echinata Kirk, 1893
Leucosolenia eleanor Urban, 1906
Leucosolenia eustephana Haeckel, 1872
Leucosolenia falklandica Breitfuss, 1898
Leucosolenia feuerlandica Tanita, 1942
Leucosolenia fragilis (Haeckel, 1870)
Leucosolenia gegenbauri (Haeckel, 1870)
Leucosolenia goethei (Haeckel, 1870)
Leucosolenia hispidissima (Haeckel, 1872)
Leucosolenia horrida (Schmidt in Haeckel, 1872)
Leucosolenia incerta Urban, 1908
Leucosolenia kagoshimensis (Hozawa, 1929)
Leucosolenia lucasi Dendy, 1891
Leucosolenia macquariensis Dendy, 1918
Leucosolenia microspinata Longo, 2009
Leucosolenia minchini Jenkin, 1908
Leucosolenia minuta Tanita, 1943
Leucosolenia mollis Tanita, 1941
Leucosolenia nautilia de Laubenfels, 1930
Leucosolenia parthenopea Sarà, 1953
Leucosolenia pilosella Brøndsted, 1931
Leucosolenia pyriformis Tanita, 1943
Leucosolenia rosea Kirk, 1896
Leucosolenia salpinx Van Soest, 2017
Leucosolenia serica Tanita, 1942
Leucosolenia somesii (Bowerbank, 1874)
Leucosolenia tenera Tanita, 1940
Leucosolenia variabilis Haeckel, 1870
Leucosolenia ventosa Hôzawa, 1940
Leucosolenia vesicula (Haeckel, 1870)

References

^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leucosolenia Bowerbank, 1864". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-06-06.

[1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leucosolenia Bowerbank, 1864". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2020-06-06.

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