African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS) - Leucogypsia Bowerbank, 1862

Porifera name details

Leucogypsia Bowerbank, 1862

AphiaID

131705 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131705)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (nomen oblitum)

Accepted name

Leucandra Haeckel, 1872

Rank

Genus

Parent

Grantiidae Dendy, 1892

Direct children (2)

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Species Leucogypsia algoaensis Bowerbank, 1864 accepted as Leucandra algoaensis (Bowerbank, 1864) (genus transfer)
Species Leucogypsia gossei Bowerbank, 1862 accepted as Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862) represented as Leucandra gossei gossei (Bowerbank, 1862) (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV. [details]

Taxonomic citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Leucogypsia Bowerbank, 1862. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131705 on 2025-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2006-02-13 08:22:09Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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Sources (2)

original description Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part III On the Generic Characters, the Specific Characters, and on the Method of Examination. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. 152(2): 1087-1135, pls LXXII-LXXIV. [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]