''Leucopsila'' is a

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of poriferans in the

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Baeriidae, was originally described as '' Leuconia stylifera'' in 1870.Schmidt, O. (1870). ''Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des Atlantischen Gebietes''. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann. The genus was described by Dendy & Row in 1913.Dendy, A. & Row, R. (1913). The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. ''Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London'', 47, 704–813.

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Calcaronea Sponge genera Taxa named by Arthur Dendy Taxa described in 1913 {{calcarea-stub