Leucandra claviformis Schuffner, 1877

Van, Rob W. M. & De, Nicole J., 2018, Calcareous sponges of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea, Zootaxa 4426 (1), pp. 1-160 : 151

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4426.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:18929E20-5296-4458-8A8A-4F5316A290FD

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5966822

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/386CC616-DCE4-A5A7-FF67-889DFE4BFED9

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Leucandra claviformis Schuffner, 1877
status

 

Leucandra claviformis Schuffner, 1877 View in CoL

Schuffner (1877: 414, pl, 24 fig. 5) described this sycon-like individual from Mauritius. It possesses diactines of 270–400 x 31 µm and only small triactines and tetractines with actines of 150–160 x 9 µm, whith the apical actines of the tetractines 9–40 µm long. These small spicule sizes distinguish this species from most other Leucandra species of the region.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Calcarea

Order

Leucosolenida

Family

Grantiidae

Genus

Leucandra

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Porifera

Class

Calcarea

Order

Leucosolenida

Family

Grantiidae

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