Leucascus protogenes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Clathrinida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Calcarea Subclassis: Calcinea Ordo: Clathrinida

Familia: Leucascidae
Genus: Leucascus
Species: Leucascus protogenes

Name

Leucascus protogenes (Haeckel, 1872)

• Neotype: BMNH 1925.11.1.29, collected by J.B. Wilson. [designated by Cavalcanti, Rapp & Klautau (2013: 292)]
• Type locality: unknown, designated by neotype designation to “near Port Phillip Heads”, Victoria, Australia, by Cavalcanti, Rapp & Klautau (2013: 290).

Combinations

• Ascetta primordialis var. protogenes Haeckel, 1872: 17 [original combination]
• Leucosolenia protogenes — Dendy, 1891: 58 [subsequent combination]
• Leucascus protogenes — Cavalcanti, Rapp & Klautau, 2013: 290 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Haeckel, E. 1872. Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. Georg Reimer: Berlin. [Vol. 1: 1–484 pp. BHL; Vol. 2: 1–418 pp. BHL; Vol. 3: 1–60 pls. BHL] DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.11323 Reference page. 
• Cavalcanti, F.F., Rapp, H.T. & Klautau, M. 2013. Taxonomic revision of Leucascus Dendy, 1892 (Porifera: Calcarea) with revalidation of Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924 and description of three new species. Zootaxa 3619(3): 275–314. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.3.3 Reference page. 

Links

• Leucascus protogenes in the World Register of Marine Species