Leucandra (sponge)
Appearance
Leucandra Temporal range:
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Scientific 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
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b Systema Porifera. Vol. 2. 2002. ISBN 0306472600.