Leucetta primigenia

Leucetta primigenia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Calcarea
Order:	Clathrinida
Family:	Leucettidae
Genus:	Leucetta
Species:	L. primigenia
Binomial name
	Leucetta primigenia; Haeckel 1872
Synonyms
	Leucandra primigenia (Haeckel, 1872); Leucetta isoraphis Haeckel, 1872; Leucetta megaraphis Haeckel, 1872; Leuconia primigenia (Haeckel, 1872); Lipostomella clausa Haeckel, 1870; Sycothamnus fruticosus Haeckel, 1870

Leucetta primigenia (common names - ferruginous sponge, Rostroter Kalkschwamm)^[3] is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Leucettidae, and was first described in 1872 by Ernst Haeckel.^[2]^[4]

Distribution

The type locality is in the western Mediterranean.^[2] In Australia it is found in New South Wales coastal waters,^[1] at depths of 3-385 m.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Australian Faunal Directory: Leucetta primigenia Haeckel, 1872". AFD. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c Van Soest, R.W.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schönberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J.L.; Ríos, P.; Downey, R.; Morrow, C.C. (2020). "World Porifera Database Leucetta primigenia Haeckel, 1872". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ "Leucetta primigenia Haeckel 1872 - Ocean Biogeographic Information System". obis.org. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
^ Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919; Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919 (1872), Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie ... (in German), Berlin: G. Reimer, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.11323, LCCN 03003354, OCLC 9596674, Wikidata Q51389573{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) Vol. 1 pp. 1-396; Vol. 2 pp. 1-418; Vol. 3, pls 1-30.

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