Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea > Subclass Calcaronea > Order Baeriida > Family Baeriidae

Leuconia Grant, 1833

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Baeria*	Miklucho-Maclay, 1870	synonym

Children

Leuconia johnstonii Carter, 1871
Leuconia nivea (Grant, 1826)

Literature

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 in: University of London, Lectures on comparative anatomy and animal physiology. The Lancet 1833–4 (1) [5 Oct. 1833]: 193-200.
basis of record	Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002 [2004]). Order Baerida Borojevic, Boury-Esnault & Vacelet, 2000. Pp. 1193-1199. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds). Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum, NY, 1708+xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
basis of record	Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Baerida Borojevic, Boury-Esnault & Vacelet, 2000. Pp. 1193-1200. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/Plenum, NY, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version).
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. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103.
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. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV.

Genbank

Citation

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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Leuconia Grant, 1833. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131706