| Leuclathrina | |
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| Leuclathrina translucida | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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.
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]
The following species are recognised: [1]
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