Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea > Subclass Calcaronea > Order Baerida > Family Baeriidae > Genus Leuconia

Leuconia nivea (Grant, 1826)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leuconia*	Grant, 1833	accepted genus name
*Baeria*	Miklucho-Maclay, 1870	synonym

Species group names

*Baeria nivea*	(Grant, 1826)	basionym
*Leucandra nivea*	(Grant, 1826)	basionym
*Baeria nivea*	(Grant, 1826)	synonym
*Leucandra nivea*	(Grant, 1826)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

German: Fladenkalkschwamm

Literature

original description	Grant, R.E. 1826b. Remarks on the structures of some Calcareous Sponges. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 1: 166-170.
basis of record	Borojevic, R.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Manuel, M.; Vacelet, J. (2002). Order Baerida Borojevic, Boury-Esnault & Vacelet, 2000, in: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (Ed.) (2002). Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. pp. 1193-1200
additional source	Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
additional source	Cruz, T. 2002. Esponjas marinas de Canarias. Consejería de Política Territorial y Medio Ambiente del Gobierno de Canarias, S/C Tenerife. 260 pp.
additional source	Burton, M. 1930c. Norwegian Sponges from the Norman Collection. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1930 (2): 487-546, pls I-II.
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: pp. 85-103

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
Biodiversity Heritage Library (31 publications)
GenBank (4 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Leuconia nivea. 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:132201