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Leucaltis curva
Schuffner, 1877
AphiaID
192160
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:192160)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Calcarea
(Class)
Calcinea
(Subclass)
Clathrinida
(Order)
Leucaltidae
(Family)
Leucaltis
(Genus)
Leucaltis curva
(Species)
Status
unaccepted
(genus transfer)
Accepted name
Leucandra curva
(Schuffner, 1877)
Rank
Species
Parent
Leucaltis
Haeckel, 1872
Original name
Leucaltis curva
Schuffner, 1877
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
Schuffner, O. 1877. Beschreibung einiger neuer Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 11: 403-433 pls XXIV-XXVI.
page(s): 409
[details]
Type data
Type locality contained in
Eastern Caribbean, Barbados part of the...
type locality contained in
Eastern Caribbean
[details]
type locality contained in
Barbados part of the Caribbean Sea
[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.
Leucaltis curva
Schuffner, 1877. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=192160 on 2026-09-03
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2005-12-18 15:00:44Z
created
Vanden Berghe, Edward
2009-12-04 19:56:47Z
changed
van Soest, Rob W.M.
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Documented distribution (2)
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original description
Schuffner, O. 1877. Beschreibung einiger neuer Kalkschwämme. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 11: 403-433 pls XXIV-XXVI.
page(s): 409
[details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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