WoRMS name details
Leucandra sacculata (Carter, 1890)
594900 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:594900)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Leuconia sacculata Carter, 1890) Carter, H.J. (1890). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Ridley, H.N.(ed.) Notes on the Zoology of Fernando do Noronha. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 20: 564-569.
page(s): 566 [details]
page(s): 566 [details]
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.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2026). World Porifera Database. Leucandra sacculata (Carter, 1890). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=594900 on 2026-09-27
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Nomenclature
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(of Leuconia sacculata Carter, 1890) Carter, H.J. (1890). Porifera. <i>In</i>: Ridley, H.N.(ed.) Notes on the Zoology of Fernando do Noronha. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 20: 564-569.
page(s): 566 [details]
new combination reference Azevedo, F.; Klautau, M. (2007). Calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from Ilha Grande Bay, Brazil, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1402 (1): 1-22., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007/zt01402p022.pdf
page(s): 21; note: Leucilla sacculata was erroneously considered Leucandra. [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 566 [details]
new combination reference Azevedo, F.; Klautau, M. (2007). Calcareous sponges (Porifera, Calcarea) from Ilha Grande Bay, Brazil, with descriptions of three new species. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 1402 (1): 1-22., available online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007/zt01402p022.pdf
page(s): 21; note: Leucilla sacculata was erroneously considered Leucandra. [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Type locality Fernando de Noronha Archipelago, Pernambuco State, Brazil [details]
