Leuconia nivea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Baeriida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Porifera Classis: Calcarea Subclassis: Calcaronea Ordo: Baeriida

Familia: Baeriidae
Genus: Leuconia
Species: Leuconia nivea

Name

Leuconia nivea (Grant, 1826)

• Type material: unknown.
• Type locality: “Prestonpans Bay”, Scotland.

Combinations

• Spongia nivea Grant, 1826: 168 [original combination]
• Grantia nivea — Fleming, 1828: 525 [subsequent combination]
• Leuconia nivea — Norman, 1869: 297 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Grant, R.E. 1826. Remarks on the structures of some Calcareous Sponges. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal 1: 166–170. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Leuconia nivea in the World Register of Marine Species