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Leucascus compressus (Dendy & Frederick, 1924)

368006 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368006)

 unaccepted (Revalidation of Ascoleucetta)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Ascoleucetta compressa Dendy & Frederick, 1924) Dendy, A.; Frederick, L.M. (1924). On a Collection of Sponges from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 35: 477-519, pls 25-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb00052.x
page(s): 481-482 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]
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. Leucascus compressus (Dendy & Frederick, 1924). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=368006 on 2026-08-28
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2008-10-03 17:00:55Z
created
2010-01-29 14:52:59Z
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2013-03-01 13:54:44Z
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2025-08-30 12:37:54Z
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original description (of Ascoleucetta compressa Dendy & Frederick, 1924) Dendy, A.; Frederick, L.M. (1924). On a Collection of Sponges from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia. <em>Journal of the Linnean Society. Zoology.</em> 35: 477-519, pls 25-26., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1924.tb00052.x
page(s): 481-482 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

basis of record Borojevic, R.; Klautau, M. (2000). Calcareous sponges from New Caledonia. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 22 (2): 187-201.
page(s): 192 [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Rapp, H.T. (2004). The first record of the genus <i>Leucascus</i> Dendy, 1892 from the Atlantic Ocean, with description of <i>Leucascus lobatus</i> sp. nov. (Porifera, Calcarea, Calcinea) from Greenland. <em>Streenstrupia.</em> 28 (2), 119-127.
page(s): 124 [details] OpenAccess publication


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