Leucascidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Clathrinida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Calcarea Subclassis: Calcinea Ordo: Clathrinida

Familia: Leucascidae
Genera (4): Ascaltis – Ascoleucetta – Bidderia – Leucascus

Name

Leucascidae Dendy, 1892: 71

• Type genus: Leucascus Dendy, 1892, by monotypy.

References

Additional 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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3619.3.3 Reference page. 
• Lopes, M.V., Cóndor-Luján, B., Azevedo, F., Pérez, T. & Klautau, M. 2018. A new genus of calcareous sponge discovered in the Caribbean Sea: Bidderia gen. nov. (Porifera, Calcarea, Calcinea). Zootaxa 4526(1): 56–70. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4526.1.4. Reference page.