Species Leucandra joubini Topsent, 1907

Museums

Regional Maps

• Leucandra joubini Topsent, E. 1907. Eponges calcaires recueillies par le Français dans l'Antarctique (Expédition du Dr. Charcot). Bulletin du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris [published 1895-1906] 13: 539-544 [542].

  Type data:

   Holotype MNHN Paris, Booth-Wandel Is., Palmer Archipelago, Antarctic Peninsula [64°11'31"S 64°50'59"W].
• Leucetta macquariensis Dendy, A. 1918. Calcareous sponges. Scientific Reports of the Australasian Antarctic Research Expedition 1911-1914 C 6: 17 pp. 1 pl. [9].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) BMNH 1920.12.9.89–92 slides, Macquarie Is. [54°37'S 158°54'E]; BMNH 1935.10.20.152 slide, Macquarie Is. [54°37'S 158°54'E]; BMNH 1935.10.20.155 slide, Macquarie Is. [54°37'S 158°54'E]; BMNH 1935.10.20.163 slide, Macquarie Is. [54°37'S 158°54'E]; BMNH 1956.4.26.54–64 slides, Macquarie Is. [54°37'S 158°54'E]; BMNH 1957.7.17.7 slide (possible), Macquarie Is. [54°37'S 158°54'E].

  Secondary source:

   Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [595].

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Burton, M. 1963. A Revision of the Classification of the Calcareous Sponges. London : British Museum pp. 1-693 figs 1-375. [480]

Distribution

Extra Distribution Information

Macquarie Is., Aust. Antarctic Terr.; circum-Antarctic and Southern Ocean.

Ecological Descriptors

Filter-feeder, marine, sessile.

Extra Ecological Information

Depth 0–236 m.

History of changes