Leuclathrina
Leuclathrina translucida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Clathrinida
Family: Leucaltidae
Genus: Leuclathrina
Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987
Type species
Leuclathrina asconoides
Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987
Species

See text.

Leuclathrina is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Dendyidae.[1] Species are found in the northeast Atlantic and in the Indian Ocean.

Description

These sponges are composed of an external wall sustained by triactines spicules. There is no choanosomal skeleton. The aquiferous system is composed of a mass of flagellated chambers and water canals.[2]

Species

The following species are recognised:[1]

  • Leuclathrina asconoides Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987
  • Leuclathrina translucida Voigt, Ruthensteiner, Leiva, Fradusco & Wörheide

References

  1. 1 2 "Leuclathrina Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 8 April 2021.
  2. ↑ 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 2021-08-23
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