Sanamyan, K.E.; Sanamyan, N.P.; Kukhlevskiy; Shilov, V.A. (2023). New species of calcareous sponges of the family Leuconiidae (Porifera: Calcarea: Baeriida) from Kuril Islands, NW Pacific. Invertebrate Zoology. 20(2): 153-179.
New species of calcareous sponges of the family Leuconiidae (Porifera: Calcarea: Baeriida) from Kuril Islands, NW Pacific
Invertebrate Zoology
20(2): 153-179
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Three new species of calcareous sponges from Kuril Islands are described.
Two of them belong to the formerly monotypic genus Leucopsila (L. pacifica sp.n. and L.
hexactina sp.n.) and one to Leuconia (L. pilosa sp.n.). Family Baeriidae Borojevic, Boury-
Esnault et Vacelet, 2000, to which these genera are currently assigned, is shown to be
invalid. Valid name for this family is Leuconiidae Breitfuss, 1897. The molecular data
assign the described species to the clade comprising chiactine and pugiole bearing sponges
of Leuconiidae, Achramorphidae and Petrobionidae, supporting the current view that these
families are closely related.