MSBIAS taxon details
Leucandra aspera (Schmidt, 1862)
164278 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164278)
accepted
Species
Leuconia aspera (Schmidt, 1862) · unaccepted (genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of ) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 15-16; pl I fig 4 [details]
page(s): 15-16; pl I fig 4 [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 aspera (Schmidt, 1862). Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164278 on 2026-08-02
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Leucandra aspera (Schmidt, 1862). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164278 on 2026-08-02
original description
(of ) Schmidt, O. (1862). Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. (Wilhelm Engelmann: Leipzig): i-viii, 1-88, pls 1-7.
page(s): 15-16; pl I fig 4 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
additional source Hanitsch, R. (1895). Notes on a Collection of Sponges from the West Coast of Portugal. <em>Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 9:205-219, pls xii-xii.
page(s): 206-207 [details]
additional source Row, R.W.H. (1909). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea. XIII. Report on the Sponges, collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part I. Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (206): 182-214., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1909.tb00983.x
page(s): 186; note: Misapplication: The original locality of the species is the Adriatic, so Row's record in uinlikely to be correct. [details]
additional source Topsent, E.; Olivier, L. (1943). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco (fin). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 854: 1-12.
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Rützler, K. (1986). Phylum Porifera (Sponges). Pp. 111-126. <em>in: W. Sterrer (ed.) Marine Fauna and Flora of Bermuda. John Wiley & Sons, New York.</em> i-xxx, 1-742.
page(s): 127 [details] Available for editors
additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 15-16; pl I fig 4 [details]
context source (Bermuda) Sterrer, W. (1986). Marine fauna and flora of Bermuda: a systematic guide to the identification of marine organisms. <em>Wiley-Interscience Publication. Wiley.</em> 742 pp (Nemertini part). [details] Available for editors
additional source Hanitsch, R. (1895). Notes on a Collection of Sponges from the West Coast of Portugal. <em>Transactions of the Liverpool Biological Society.</em> 9:205-219, pls xii-xii.
page(s): 206-207 [details]
additional source Row, R.W.H. (1909). Reports on the Marine Biology of the Sudanese Red Sea. XIII. Report on the Sponges, collected by Mr. Cyril Crossland in 1904-5. Part I. Calcarea. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 31 (206): 182-214., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1909.tb00983.x
page(s): 186; note: Misapplication: The original locality of the species is the Adriatic, so Row's record in uinlikely to be correct. [details]
additional source Topsent, E.; Olivier, L. (1943). Eponges observées dans les parages de Monaco (fin). <em>Bulletin de l'Institut océanographique, Monaco.</em> 854: 1-12.
page(s): 12 [details]
additional source Rützler, K. (1986). Phylum Porifera (Sponges). Pp. 111-126. <em>in: W. Sterrer (ed.) Marine Fauna and Flora of Bermuda. John Wiley & Sons, New York.</em> i-xxx, 1-742.
page(s): 127 [details] Available for editors
additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 57 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (23 publications) (from synonym Leuconia aspera (Schmidt, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucandra aspera)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Leuconia aspera (Schmidt, 1862))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (16 records) (from synonym Leuconia aspera (Schmidt, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (82 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucandra aspera)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Leuconia aspera (Schmidt, 1862))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (16 records) (from synonym Leuconia aspera (Schmidt, 1862))