Leuclathrina

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Leuclathrina
Leuclathrina translucida (10.11646-zootaxa.4382.1.5) Figure 2 (cropped).png
Leuclathrina translucida
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Clathrinida
Family: Dendyidae
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.

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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]

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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