Leucettidae de Laubenfels, 1936

Leocorny, Pedro, Alencar, Aline, Fromont, Jane & Klautau, Michelle, 2016, New Leucettidae de Laubenfels, 1936 (Porifera, Calcarea) from Western Australia, Zootaxa 4175 (4), pp. 319-334 : 322

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4175.4.2
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5661776
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scientific name	Leucettidae de Laubenfels, 1936
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Family Leucettidae de Laubenfels, 1936 View in CoL

“ Clathrinida with a solid body. The aquiferous system is always leuconoid. The choanoskeleton is well developed, in the form of a regular network composed of triactines and/or tetractines. The cortex is thin and composed of spicules similar to those of the choanoskeleton” ( Borojevic et al. 2002).

References

Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. (2002) Order Leucosolenida Hartman, 1958. In: Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (Eds.), Systema Porifera: a guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic / Plenum Publishers, New York, pp. 1157 - 1184. http: // dx. doi. org / 10.1007 / 978 - 1 - 4615 - 0747 - 5 _ 120

de Laubenfels, M. W. (1936) A Discussion of the Sponge Fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. Carnegie Institute of Washington (Tortugas Laboratory Paper No. 467), 30, 1 - 225.