Leucosolenia botryoides

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Leucosoleniidae
Genus: Leucosolenia
Species: Leucosolenia botryoides

Name

Leucosolenia botryoides (Ellis & Solander, 1786)

• Type data: unknown. [Unlocated collection fide Stone (1986)]
• Type locality: “harbour near Emsworth, between Sussex and Hampshire”.

Combinations

• Spongia botryoides Ellis & Solander, 1786: 190 [original combination]
• Scypha botryoide — Gray, 1821: 357 [subsequent combination]
• Grantia botryoides — Fleming, 1828: 525 [subsequent combination]
• Calcispongia botryoides — Blainville, 1834: 531 [subsequent combination]
• Leucosolenia botryoides — Bowerbank, 1864: 164 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Ellis, J. & Solander, D. 1786. The natural history of many curious and uncommon zoophytes, collected from various parts of the globe by the late John Ellis... Systematically arranged and described by the late Daniel Solander. B. White & Son: London. xii + 208 pp., 63 plates. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Leucosolenia botryoides in the World Register of Marine Species