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Leucandra (sponge)

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Leucandra
Temporal range: Toarcian–Recent[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Leucosolenida
Family: Grantiidae
Genus: Leucandra
Haeckel 1872

Leucandra is a genus of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Grantiidae.[2]: 1166  Its earliest fossils are known from the Jurassic.[1][2]: 1117 

References

  1. ^ a b Hinde, G. J. (1889). "XLVI.—On a true Leuconid Calcisponge from the Middle Lias of Northamptonshire, and on detached Calcisponge spicules in the Upper Chalk of Surrey". Journal of Natural History Series 6. 4 (23): 352–358. doi:10.1080/00222938909460539.
  2. ^ a b Systema Porifera. Vol. 2. 2002. ISBN 0306472600.