Ascandra
Ascandra | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Calcarea |
Order: | Clathrinida |
Family: | Leucaltidae |
Genus: | Ascandra Haeckel, 1872[1] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Ascandra is a genus of calcareous sponges of the family Leucaltidae and are found in oceans around the world.
Species[]
As of 2019, 15 valid species of Ascandra are recognized:[1]
- Ascandra ascandroides (Borojevic, 1971)
- Ascandra atlantica (Thacker, 1908)
- Ascandra biscayae (Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987)
- (Rapp, Göcke, Tendal & Janussen, 2013)
- Ascandra contorta (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Ascandra corallicola (Rapp, 2006)
- Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015
- Ascandra densa Haeckel, 1872
- Haeckel, 1872
- Ascandra izuensis (Tanita, 1942)
- Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015
- (Dendy, 1891)
- Borojevic, 1966
- Haeckel, 1872
- Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016
References[]
- ^ a b c Ascandra Haeckel, 1872. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 23 January 2019.
Categories:
- Ascandra
- Clathrinida
- Taxa named by Ernst Haeckel