''Leucascus'' is a genus of
sponge
Sponges or sea sponges are primarily marine invertebrates of the animal phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), a basal clade and a sister taxon of the diploblasts. They are sessile filter feeders that are bound to the seabed, and a ...
s belonging to the family
Leucascidae
Leucascidae is a family (biology), family of calcareous sponges in the order Clathrinida.
References
Leucascidae
Taxa named by Arthur Dendy
Sponge families
Taxa described in 1892
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The species of this genus are found in
Southern Hemisphere.
Species:
* ''
Leucascus albus'' Cavalcanti, Rapp & Klautau, 2013
* ''
Leucascus boomerang'' Klautau, Lopes, Tavares, Rizzieri, Sorokin, Fromont, Goudie, Crowther, McCormack, George & Wahab, 2024
* ''
Leucascus clavatus'' Dendy, 1893
* ''
Leucascus digitiformis'' Klautau, Lopes, Guarabyra, Folcher, Ekins & Debitus, 2020
* ''
Leucascus flavus'' Cavalcanti, Rapp & Klautau, 2013
* ''
Leucascus leptoraphis'' (Jenkin, 1908)
* ''
Leucascus lobatus'' Rapp, 2004
* ''
Leucascus neocaledonicus'' Borojevic & Klautau, 2000
* ''
Leucascus polynesiensis'' Lopes, Pérez & Klautau, 2024
* ''
Leucascus protogenes'' (Haeckel, 1872 sensu Dendy, 1891)
* ''
Leucascus roseus'' Lanna, Rossi, Cavalcanti, Hajdu & Klautau, 2007
* ''
Leucascus schleyeri'' Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
* ''
Leucascus simplex'' Dendy, 1892
* ''
Leucascus tenuispinae'' Klautau, Lopes, Tavares & Pérez, 2021
References
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Leucascidae
Sponge genera
Taxa described in 1893