World Porifera Database - Species - Leucandra gossei gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)

Porifera taxon details

Leucandra gossei gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)

AphiaID

1732855 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1732855)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Subspecies

Parent

Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862) represented as Leucandra gossei gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)

Original name

Leucogypsia gossei Bowerbank, 1862

Synonymised names

Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862) · alternative representation (subspecies assignment)

Leucogypsia gossei Bowerbank, 1862 · unaccepted (genus transfer and subspecies...)

genus transfer and subspecies assignment

Leuconia gossei (Bowerbank, 1862) · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Leucogypsia gossei Bowerbank, 1862) 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1862.0044
page(s): 1095 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in Celtic Seas

type locality contained in Celtic Seas [from synonym] [view taxon] [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. Leucandra gossei gossei (Bowerbank, 1862). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1732855 on 2026-09-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-01-29 12:04:02Z

created

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Leucogypsia gossei Bowerbank, 1862) 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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rstl.1862.0044
page(s): 1095 [details]

basis of record (of Leucogypsia gossei Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 42-45 [details]

basis of record (of Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)) Stephens, J. (1912). A Biological Survey of Clare Island in the County of Mayo, Ireland and the Adjoining District. Marine Porifera. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 31 (Section 3, Part 59): 1-42.
page(s): 13-14 [details]

additional source (of Leuconia gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)) Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society. 1-175.
page(s): 48-49 [details]

additional source (of Leuconia gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)) Borojevic, R.; Cabioch, L.; Lévi, C. (1968). Inventaire de la faune marine de Roscoff. Spongiaires. Éditions de la Station Biologique de Roscoff. pp. 1-44., available online at http://www.sb-roscoff.fr/images/stories/sbr/observation/documents/spongiaires.pdf
page(s): 35 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Leucogypsia gossei Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1874). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 3. (Ray Society: London): i-xvii, 1-367, pls I-XCII., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1871265
page(s): 13, Pl VI 6-8 [details]

additional source (of Leuconia gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)) Descatoire, A. (1969). Peuplements sessiles de l'Archipel de Glénan de l'infralittoral rocheux. I. - Inventaire: Spongiaires. Vie et Milieu (B, Océanographie). 20 (1B): 177-209.
page(s): 180 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Leuconia gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)) Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)) 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

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additional source (of Leuconia gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)) Topsent, E. (1891). Spongaires des côtes océaniques de France. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France. 6: 125-129.
page(s): 128 [details]

additional source (of Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)) Topsent, E. (1932). Remarques sur des Eponges de l'estuaire de la Rance. Bulletin du Laboratoire maritime du Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Saint-Servan. 8: 1-7.
page(s): 1 [details]

additional source (of Leuconia gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)) Vacelet, J. (1976). Inventaire des Spongiaires du Parc national de Port-Cros (Var). Travaux scientifiques du Parc national de Port-Cros. 2, 167-186.
page(s): 171 [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Leuconia gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)) 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Syntype (of Leucogypsia gossei Bowerbank, 1862) BMNH 1955.11.2.38 & 41, geounit Celtic Seas [details]

Definitions

Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland (from synonym Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leuconia gossei (Bowerbank, 1862))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Leucogypsia gossei Bowerbank, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862))
To PESI (from synonym Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862))
To PESI (from synonym Leucogypsia gossei Bowerbank, 1862)
To PESI (from synonym Leuconia gossei (Bowerbank, 1862))