Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea > Subclass Calcaronea > Order Leucosolenida > Family Grantiidae > Genus Leucandra

Leucandra aspera (Schmidt, 1862)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leucandra*	Haeckel, 1872	accepted genus name
*Leucogypsia*	Bowerbank, 1862	synonym

Species group names

*Leuconia aspera*	(Schmidt, 1862)	basionym
*Sycon asperum*	Schmidt, 1862	basionym
*Leuconia aspera*	(Schmidt, 1862)	synonym
*Sycon asperum*	Schmidt, 1862	synonym

Literature

original description	Schmidt, O. 1862. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (75 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Leucandra aspera. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164278