Leucandra (sponge)
| Leucandra Temporal range: Toarcian–Recent[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | "Porifera" |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Leucosolenida |
| Family: | Grantiidae |
| Genus: | Leucandra Haeckel 1872 |
Leucandra is a genus of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Grantiidae.[2]:1166 Its earliest fossils are known from the Jurassic.[1][2]:1117
References
- 1 2 Hinde, G. J. (1889). "XLVI.—On a true Leuconid Calcisponge from the Middle Lias of Northamptonshire, and on detached Calcisponge spicules in the Upper Chalk of Surrey". Journal of Natural History Series 6. 4 (23): 352–358. doi:10.1080/00222938909460539.
- 1 2 Systema Porifera. 2. 2002. ISBN 0306472600.
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