| Ascute | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Leucosolenida |
| Family: | Leucosoleniidae |
| Genus: | Ascute Dendy & Row, 1913 [1] |
| Species | |
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Ascute is a genus of calcareous sponges. It contains two species, both found in Australia: [2]
Leucosolenida is an order of sponges in the class Calcarea and the subclass Calcaronea. Species in Leucosolenida are calcareous, with a skeleton composed exclusively of free spicules without calcified non-spicular reinforcements.
The Murrayonida are an order of sea sponges in the subclass Calcinea.
Minchinellidae is a family of calcareous sponges, members of the class Calcarea. It is the only family in the monotypic order Lithonida. The families Petrobionidae and Lepidoleuconidae have also sometimes been placed within Lithonida, though more recently they have been moved to the order Baerida. Thanks to their hypercalcified structure, minchinellids have a fossil record reaching as far back as the Jurassic Period.
Levinellidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Clathrinida. It contains the following genera and species:
Leucaltidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Clathrinida.
Lelapiidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the order Leucosolenida.
Grantia is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Grantiidae. Species of the genus Grantia contain spicules and spongin fibers.
Leucopsila is a genus of poriferans in the family Baeriidae, was originally described as Leuconia stylifera in 1870. The genus was described by Dendy & Row in 1913.
Ascute uteoides is a species of calcareous sponge found in Australia.
Sycon is a genus of calcareous sponges belonging to the family Sycettidae. These sponges are small, growing up to 7.5 cm with a length from 2.5 to 7.5 cm, and are tube-shaped and often white to cream in colour. They are known to aquarium hobbyists as "Pineapple" or "Q-Tip" sponges, and are frequent "hitchhikers" accidentally brought in.
Arturia is a genus of calcareous sponge in the family Clathrinidae which contains 14 species. It is named after Arthur Dendy, a prominent researcher of calcareous sponges. It was renamed Arturia in 2017 because the name Arthuria was already assigned to a genus of molluscs.
Baeriidae is a family of calcareous sponges in the class Calcarea. It was named by Borojevic, Boury-Esnault, and Vacelet in 2000. The type genus is BaeriaMiklucho-Maclay, 1870, by original designation, though Baeria is now considered a junior synonym of LeuconiaGrant, 1833.
Trichogypsiidae is a family of sponges in the class Calcarea.
Kuarrhaphis is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Trichogypsiidae. It consists of one species, Kuarrhaphis cretacea.
Leucetta is a genus of sponges in the family Leucettidae, which was first described in 1872 by Ernst Haeckel. The type species is Leucetta primigenia Haeckel, 1872 by subsequent designation.
Leucetta chagosensis is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Leucettidae, and was first described in 1913 by Arthur Dendy. The species epithet, chagosensis, comes from the Latin with the ending -ensis indicating that the species comes from the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The taxonomic decision for synonymy is based on Maurice Burton (1963).
Leucetta pyriformis is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Leucettidae, and was first described in 1913 by Arthur Dendy.
Paraleucilla is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Amphoriscidae.
Sycute is a genus of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Grantiidae. The only species is Sycute dendyi.
Teichonopsis is a genus of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Grantiidae. The only species is Teichonopsis labyrinthica.
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