Leucettidae

Leucettidae
	Leucetta chagosensis
	unidentified Leucettidae (Indonesia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Calcarea
Order:	Clathrinida
Family:	Leucettidae ; Laubenfels, 1936

Last updated August 28, 2025

Leucettidae is a family of sea sponges in the subclass Calcinea, first described by Max Walker de Laubenfels in 1936.^[1]^[2]

Genera

Leucettidae contains the following genera:

References

↑ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leucettidae Laubenfels, 1936". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-17.
↑ Laubenfels, M.W. de (1936). "A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera". Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30). 467: 199.

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[1] "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Leucettidae Laubenfels, 1936". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2019-03-17.

[2] Laubenfels, M.W. de (1936). "A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in Particular and the West Indies in General, with Material for a Revision of the Families and Orders of the Porifera". Carnegie Institute of Washington Publication (Tortugas Laboratory Paper 30). 467: 199.

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