WoRMS taxon details
Leucetta microraphis Haeckel, 1872
164758 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:164758)
accepted
Species
Leucaltis floridana var. australiensis Carter, 1886 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Leucandra carteri Dendy, 1893 · unaccepted (genus transfer & junior synonym)
Leucetta carteri (Dendy, 1892) · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Leucetta microrhaphis · unaccepted (misspelling of species name)
Leucetta primigenia var. megalirrhaphis Ridley, 1884 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Leucetta primigenia var. microraphis Haeckel, 1872 · unaccepted (status change)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details] 
Note Original locality is unclear from Haeckel's...
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Type locality Original locality is unclear from Haeckel's original descriptions. He cites a number of localities for Leucetta primigenia, which was considered the paternal species for L. isoraphis, L. microraphis and L. megaraphis. Burton (1963) cites Bermuda, Australia, Red Sea and Brazil as occurrences. [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.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Leucetta microraphis Haeckel, 1872. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164758 on 2025-05-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
original description (of Leucandra carteri Dendy, 1893) Dendy, A. (1892). Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela; with a proposed Classification of the Group and Descriptions of some New Genera and Species. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 5: 69-116.
page(s): 103 [details]
original description (of Leucaltis floridana var. australiensis Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 34-55, 126-149.
page(s): 145-146 [details]
original description (of Leucetta primigenia var. microraphis Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
original description (of Leucetta primigenia var. megalirrhaphis Ridley, 1884) Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 628 [details]
basis of record Borojevic, R.; Klautau, M. (2000). Calcareous sponges from New Caledonia. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 22 (2): 187-201. [details]
original description (of Leucandra carteri Dendy, 1893) Dendy, A. (1892). Synopsis of the Australian Calcarea Heterocoela; with a proposed Classification of the Group and Descriptions of some New Genera and Species. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria (New Series).</em> 5: 69-116.
page(s): 103 [details]
original description (of Leucaltis floridana var. australiensis Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia, continued. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 18: 34-55, 126-149.
page(s): 145-146 [details]
original description (of Leucetta primigenia var. microraphis Haeckel, 1872) Haeckel, E. (1872). Die Kalkschwämme. Eine Monographie in zwei Bänden Text und einem Atlas mit 60 Tafeln Abbildungen. <em>G. Reimer:Berlin.</em> (1: 1-484) 2: 1-418 (3: pls 1-60). [details]
original description (of Leucetta primigenia var. megalirrhaphis Ridley, 1884) Ridley, S.O. (1884). Spongiida. <em>Report on the Zoological Collections made in the Indo-Pacific Ocean during the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Alert', 1881-2. (British Museum (Natural History): London).</em> 366-482, pls 39-43; 582-630, pls 53-54.
page(s): 628 [details]
basis of record Borojevic, R.; Klautau, M. (2000). Calcareous sponges from New Caledonia. <em>Zoosystema.</em> 22 (2): 187-201. [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
context source (Bermuda) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The Porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 1-154. [details]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1982 [1980-1981]). Some new or little-known sponges from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 48-49: 87-141.
page(s): 87 [details]
additional source Wörheide, G.; Hooper, J.N.A. (1999). Calcarea from the Great Barrier Reef. 1: Cryptic Calcinea from Heron Island and Wistari Reef (Capricorn-Bunker Group). <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 43 (2): 859-891.
page(s): 879-883 [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): 126; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
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additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; De Voogd, N.J. (2015). Calcareous sponges of Indonesia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3951(1): 1-105., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3951.1.1
page(s): 54 [details]
additional source Hall, K.A.; Sutcliffe, P.R.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Alencar, A.; Vacelet, J.; Pisera, A.; Petek, S.; Folcher, E.; Butscher, J.; Orempuller, J.; Maihota, N.; Debitus, C. (2013). Affinities of Sponges (Porifera) of the Marquesas and Society Islands, French Polynesia. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 67 (4): 493-511., available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/67.4.1
page(s): 500 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; De Voogd, N.J. (2018). Calcareous sponges of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4426 (1): 1-160., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4426.1.1
page(s): 80-82 [details]
additional source Klautau, M.; Lopes, M.V.; Guarabyra, B.; Folcher, E.; Ekins, M.; Debitus, C. (2020). Calcareous sponges from the French Polynesia (Porifera: Calcarea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4748(2): 261-295., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.3
page(s): 281-283 [details] Available for editors [request]
context source (Bermuda) Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1950). The Porifera of the Bermuda archipelago. <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 27(1): 1-154. [details]
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1982 [1980-1981]). Some new or little-known sponges from the Great Barrier Reef of Australia. <em>Bollettino dei Musei e degli Istituti Biologici dell'Universitá di Genova.</em> 48-49: 87-141.
page(s): 87 [details]
additional source Wörheide, G.; Hooper, J.N.A. (1999). Calcarea from the Great Barrier Reef. 1: Cryptic Calcinea from Heron Island and Wistari Reef (Capricorn-Bunker Group). <em>Memoirs of the Queensland Museum.</em> 43 (2): 859-891.
page(s): 879-883 [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): 126; note: Misapplication [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; De Voogd, N.J. (2015). Calcareous sponges of Indonesia. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3951(1): 1-105., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3951.1.1
page(s): 54 [details]
additional source Hall, K.A.; Sutcliffe, P.R.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Alencar, A.; Vacelet, J.; Pisera, A.; Petek, S.; Folcher, E.; Butscher, J.; Orempuller, J.; Maihota, N.; Debitus, C. (2013). Affinities of Sponges (Porifera) of the Marquesas and Society Islands, French Polynesia. <em>Pacific Science.</em> 67 (4): 493-511., available online at https://doi.org/10.2984/67.4.1
page(s): 500 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M.; De Voogd, N.J. (2018). Calcareous sponges of the Western Indian Ocean and Red Sea. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4426 (1): 1-160., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4426.1.1
page(s): 80-82 [details]
additional source Klautau, M.; Lopes, M.V.; Guarabyra, B.; Folcher, E.; Ekins, M.; Debitus, C. (2020). Calcareous sponges from the French Polynesia (Porifera: Calcarea). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 4748(2): 261-295., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4748.2.3
page(s): 281-283 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Leucetta primigenia var. megalirrhaphis Ridley, 1884) BMNH 1882.10.17.59, geounit Seychelles [details]
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Identification Worheide & Hooper (1999)'s record of this species from the Great Barrier Reef differs substantially from Van Soest & De Voogd's (2015)'s specimens (color, size of giant triactines). Pulitzer-Finali's (1982) records under this name are likely to be Pericharax, according to these authors. These remarks stress the necessity for a revision of this species. [details]Phylogeny Sequence data not published in Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015, but in Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018. C2–D2 region of the nuclear ribosomal 28S gene. Genbank acc. n°: MF686087 [details]
Phylogeny C2–D2 region of the nuclear ribosomal 28S gene. Genbank acc. n°: MF872795-97 [details]
Type locality Original locality is unclear from Haeckel's original descriptions. He cites a number of localities for Leucetta primigenia, which was considered the paternal species for L. isoraphis, L. microraphis and L. megaraphis. Burton (1963) cites Bermuda, Australia, Red Sea and Brazil as occurrences. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | dead man's fingers | [details] |
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leucandra carteri Dendy, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Leucetta microrhaphis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucetta microraphis)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (12 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Leucandra carteri Dendy, 1893)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Leucetta microrhaphis)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucetta microraphis)
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (12 records)
