Leucaltis Haeckel, 1872

Fontana, Tayara, Cóndor-Luján, Báslavi, Azevedo, Fernanda, Pérez, Thierry & Klautau, Michelle, 2018, Diversity and distribution patterns of Calcareous sponges (subclass Calcinea) from Martinique, Zootaxa 4410 (2), pp. 331-369 : 354

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4410.2.5
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5966595
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scientific name	Leucaltis Haeckel, 1872
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Diagnosis. " Leucaltidae with a body composed of large, ramified and anastomosed tubes. Each tube has a distinct cortex, a choanoderm composed of elongated and ramified choanocyte chambers, and a central atrium. The choanoderm and the atrial wall have a secondary skeleton composed of small triactines and tetractines" ( Borojevic et al. 2002).

Type species. Leucaltis clathria Haeckel, 1872

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Porifera
Class	Calcarea
Order	Clathrinida
Family	Leucaltidae

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