NARMS taxon details
Leuconia Grant, 1833
131706 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131706)
accepted
Genus
Baeria Miklucho-Maclay, 1870 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
- Species Leuconia johnstonii Carter, 1871
- Species Leuconia nivea (Grant, 1826)
- Species Leuconia ananas (Montagu, 1814) accepted as Leucandra ananas (Montagu, 1814) (genus transfer)
- Species Leuconia aspera (Schmidt, 1862) accepted as Leucandra aspera (Schmidt, 1862) (genus transfer)
- Species Leuconia balearica Lackschewitz, 1886 accepted as Leucandra balearica (Lackschewitz, 1886)
- Species Leuconia barbata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) accepted as Leucandra barbata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864) (genus transfer)
- Species Leuconia bolivari (Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916) accepted as Leucandra bolivari Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916 (genus transfer)
- Species Leuconia bulbosa (Hanitsch, 1895) accepted as Leucandra bulbosa Hanitsch, 1895 (reverted genus transfer)
- Species Leuconia caespitosa (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Aphroceras caespitosa (Haeckel, 1872) (genus transfer)
- Species Leuconia caminus (Haeckel, 1872) accepted as Leucandra caminus Haeckel, 1872 (genus transfer)
- Species Leuconia fistulosa (Johnston, 1842) accepted as Leucandra fistulosa (Johnston, 1842) (genus transfer)
- Species Leuconia gossei (Bowerbank, 1862) accepted as Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862) represented as Leucandra gossei gossei (Bowerbank, 1862) (genus transfer)
- Species Leuconia polejaevi (Breitfuss, 1896) accepted as Leucandra polejaevi (Breitfuss, 1896) (genus transfer)
- Species Leuconia pumila Bowerbank, 1866 accepted as Leucandra pumila (Bowerbank, 1866) (genus transfer)
- Species Leuconia rodriguezii Lackschewitz, 1886 accepted as Leucandra rodriguezi (Lackschewitz, 1886) (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
feminine
Grant, R.E. (1833). On the classification of organs of animals and the organs of support in animalcules and poripherous animals. pp. 193–200 <i>in</i>: University of London, Lectures on comparative anatomy and animal physiology. The Lancet 1833–4 (1) [5 Oct. 1833]: 193-200. [details] 
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Leuconia Grant, 1833. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2024) European Register of Marine Species at: https://marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131706 on 2025-04-05
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Leuconia Grant, 1833. Accessed at: https://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=131706 on 2025-04-05
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original description
Grant, R.E. (1833). On the classification of organs of animals and the organs of support in animalcules and poripherous animals. pp. 193–200 <i>in</i>: University of London, Lectures on comparative anatomy and animal physiology. The Lancet 1833–4 (1) [5 Oct. 1833]: 193-200. [details]
original description (of Baeria Miklucho-Maclay, 1870) Miklucho-Maclay, N. N. (1870). Uber einige Schwämme des nördlichen Stillen Oceans und des Eismeeres, welche im Zoologischen Museum der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in St. Petersburg aufgestellt sind. Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie und Verbreitung der Spongien. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg.</em> 15 (3): 1-24.
page(s): 16-17 [details]
taxonomy source Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
page(s): 1094 [details]
basis of record Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Baerida Borojevic, Boury-Esnault & Vacelet, 2000. Pp. 1193-1200. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
basis of record Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Order Baerida Borojevic, Boury-Esnault & Vacelet, 2000. Pp. 1193-1199. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY, 1708+xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Baeria Miklucho-Maclay, 1870) Miklucho-Maclay, N. N. (1870). Uber einige Schwämme des nördlichen Stillen Oceans und des Eismeeres, welche im Zoologischen Museum der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in St. Petersburg aufgestellt sind. Ein Beitrag zur Morphologie und Verbreitung der Spongien. <em>Mémoires de l'Académie Impériale des Sciences de St. Petersbourg.</em> 15 (3): 1-24.
page(s): 16-17 [details]
taxonomy source Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.
page(s): 1094 [details]
basis of record Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Baerida Borojevic, Boury-Esnault & Vacelet, 2000. Pp. 1193-1200. <em>In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges.</em> Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
basis of record Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Order Baerida Borojevic, Boury-Esnault & Vacelet, 2000. Pp. 1193-1199. <i>In:</i> Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY, 1708+xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
additional source Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. <em>Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8.</em> vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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