Biology:Leucopsila

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Short description: Genus of sponges

Leucopsila
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Baerida
Family: Baeriidae
Genus: Leucopsila
Dendy & Row, 1913
Species:
L. stylifera
Binomial name
Leucopsila stylifera
(Schmidt, 1870)

Leucopsila is a genus of poriferans in the family Baeriidae. It contains one species, Leucopsila stylifera, which was originally described as Leuconia stylifera in 1870.[1][2] The genus was described by Dendy & Row in 1913.[3]

References

  1. Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des Atlantischen Gebietes. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.
  2. Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N. (2018). "Leucopsila stylifera (Schmidt, 1870)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=164174. 
  3. Dendy, A. & Row, R. (1913). The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 47, 704–813.

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