• Source: Leucettusa

Leucettusa is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Leucaltidae. The species of this genus are mostly known from the Arctic and Antarctic, New Zealand and Southwest Australia.




Description


Species have a simple tubular body with a large atrium, and choanocyte chambers which are either elongated, spherical or both.




Species


The following species are recognised:

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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Leucettusa vera
• Leucettusa corticata
• Leucettusa pyriformis
• Leucettusa imperfecta
• Leucettusa lancifer
• Leucettusa simplicissima
• Leucettusa haeckeliana
• Leucettusa tubulosa
• Leucettusa sambucus
• Leucettusa dictyogaster
• Leucettusa
• Leucettusa tubulosa
• Leucettusa soyo
• Leucettusa lancifera
• Leucaltidae
• Clathrinida
• Ascoleucetta