Leucandrilla wasinensis

Leucandrilla wasinensis

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Grantiidae
Genus: Leucandrilla
Species: Leucandrilla wasinensis

Name

• Leucandrilla wasinensis (Jenkin, 1908)

Syntypes: BMNH 1908.9.25.59-65, collected by Cyril Crossland between 1901–1902.

Type locality: “dredged in 6-8 fathoms at Wasin”.

Combinations

• Leucilla wasinensis Jenkin, 1908: 454 [original combination]
• Leucandrilla wasinensis — Borojevic, Boury-Esnault & Vacelet, 2000: 226 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Jenkin, C.F. 1908. The Marine Fauna of Zanzibar and British East Africa, from Collections made by Cyril Crossland, M.A., in the Years 1901 & 1902.—The Calcareous Sponges. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 78(3): 434–456. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1908.tb07387.x BHL Reference page. 
• Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N. & Vacelet, J. 2000. A revision of the supraspecific classification of the subclass Calcaronea (Porifera, class Calcarea). Zoosystema 22(2): 203–263. Abstract and full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Additional references

• van Soest, R.W.M. & de Voogd, N.J. 2018. Calcareous sponges of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. Zootaxa 4426(1): 1–160. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4426.1.1. Reference page. 

Links

• Leucandrilla wasinensis in the World Register of Marine Species

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