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Leucandra (sponge)

{{Short description|Genus of sponges}}

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| taxon = Leucandra

| image_alt = Four colour photos of Leucandra pulvinar. Two images depict the sponge in its natural habitat while one image is of the surface skeleton, and the final image is that of a preserved specimine

| image_caption = Leucandra pulvinar

| image = Leucandra_pulvinar_(10.11646-zootaxa.4426.1.1)_Figure_56.jpg

| authority = Haeckel, 1872

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| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = See text

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  • Dyssycum Haeckel, 1870
  • Leucogypsia Bowerbank, 1862
  • Leucortis Haeckel, 1872
  • Medon Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864
  • Mlea Haeckel, 1872

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Leucandra is a genus of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Grantiidae.{{rp|1166}} Its earliest known fossils are from the Jurassic.{{Cite journal | last1 = Hinde | first1 = G. J. | title = XLVI.—On a true Leuconid Calcisponge from the Middle Lias of Northamptonshire, and on detached Calcisponge spicules in the Upper Chalk of Surrey | doi = 10.1080/00222938909460539 | journal = Journal of Natural History|series=Series 6 | volume = 4 | issue = 23 | pages = 352–358 | year = 1889 | url = https://zenodo.org/record/1430285 }}{{Cite book| title=Systema Porifera| volume=2|year=2002|isbn=0306472600| last1=Hooper| first1=John N. A.| last2=Van Soest| first2=Rob W. M.| last3=Willenz| first3=Philippe}}{{rp|1117}}

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Category:Leucosolenida

Category:Sponge genera

Category:Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel