Genus Leucascus Dendy, 1893
- Leucascus Dendy, A. 1893. Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela, with a proposed classification of the group and descriptions of some new genera and species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria ns 5: 69-116 [72].
Type species:
Leucascus simplex Dendy, 1893 by subsequent designation, see Dendy, A. & Row, R.W.H. 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 1913: 704-813 [731].
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian Ocean and New Zealand.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Central Western Transition (5)
Distribution References
Diagnosis
Leucascidae with copiously branched and anastomosed choanocyte tubes. The exhalant aquiferous system is represented by a well-developed atrium delimited by a wall with no choanoderm, supported by a specific skeleton.
ID Keys
See Order Clathrinida Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Borojevic, R., Boury-Esnault, N., Manuel, M. & Vacelet, J. 2002. Order Clathrinida Hartman, 1958. pp. 1141-1152 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1150]
General References
Cavalcanti, F.F., Rapp, H.T. & Klautau, M. 2013. Taxonomic revision of Leucascus Dendy, 1892 (Porifera: Calcarea) with revalidation of Ascoleucetta Dendy & Frederick, 1924 and description of three new species. Zootaxa 3619(3): 275–314
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 20-Dec-2011 | 20-Dec-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 23-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED |