Leucandra (sponge)

Leucandra is a genus of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Grantiidae. Its earliest known fossils are from the Jurassic.

Species

 * Leucandra abratsbo Hozawa, 1929
 * Leucandra algoaensis (Bowerbank, 1864)
 * Leucandra amakusana Tanita, 1943
 * Leucandra amorpha Poléjaeff, 1883
 * Leucandra ananas (Montagu, 1814)
 * Leucandra anfracta (Urban, 1908)
 * Leucandra anguinea (Ridley, 1884)
 * Leucandra apicalis Urban, 1906
 * Leucandra armata (Urban, 1908)
 * Leucandra aspera (Schmidt, 1862)
 * Leucandra astricta Tanita, 1942
 * Leucandra australiensis (Carter, 1886)
 * Leucandra balearica Lackschewitz, 1886
 * Leucandra barbata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
 * Leucandra bathybia (Haeckel, 1869)
 * Leucandra belemnifera (Tsurnamal, 1975)
 * Leucandra bleeki (Haeckel, 1872)
 * Leucandra bolivari Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916
 * Leucandra brumalis Jenkin, 1908
 * Leucandra bulbosa Hanitsch, 1895
 * Leucandra caminus Haeckel, 1872
 * Leucandra capillata (Poléjaeff, 1883)
 * Leucandra caribea Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018
 * Leucandra cerebrum Hozawa & Tanita, 1941
 * Leucandra cirrhosa (Urban, 1908)
 * Leucandra claviformis Schuffner, 1877
 * Leucandra coimbrae (Breitfuss, 1898)
 * Leucandra comata Brøndsted, 1931
 * Leucandra compacta (Carter, 1886)
 * Leucandra conica Lendenfeld, 1885
 * Leucandra connectens Brøndsted, 1927
 * Leucandra consolida Tanita, 1943
 * Leucandra crambessa Haeckel, 1872
 * Leucandra crassior Ridley, 1881
 * Leucandra crosslandi Thacker, 1908
 * Leucandra crustacea (Haeckel, 1872)
 * Leucandra cumberlandensis Lambe, 1900
 * Leucandra curva (Schuffner, 1877)
 * Leucandra cylindrica Fristedt, 1887
 * Leucandra donnani Dendy, 1905
 * Leucandra dwarkaensis Dendy, 1916
 * Leucandra echinata Schuffner, 1877
 * Leucandra egedii (Schmidt, 1870)
 * Leucandra elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888)
 * Leucandra erinacea Lendenfeld, 1888
 * Leucandra falakra Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016
 * Leucandra falcigera Schuffner, 1877
 * Leucandra fernandensis (Breitfuss, 1898)
 * Leucandra fistulosa (Johnston, 1842)
 * Leucandra foliata Hozawa, 1918
 * Leucandra fragilis Hozawa, 1940
 * Leucandra frigida Jenkin, 1908
 * Leucandra gausapata Brøndsted, 1931
 * Leucandra gaussii (Brøndsted, 1931)
 * Leucandra glabra Hozawa, 1940
 * Leucandra globosa Tanita, 1943
 * Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)
 * Leucandra haurakii Brøndsted, 1927
 * Leucandra heathi Urban, 1906
 * Leucandra helena (Lendenfeld, 1885)
 * Leucandra henrycarteri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
 * Leucandra hentschelii Brøndsted, 1931
 * Leucandra hispida (Carter, 1886)
 * Leucandra hozawai Tanita, 1942
 * Leucandra impigra Tanita, 1942
 * Leucandra intermedia (Haeckel, 1872)
 * Leucandra irregularis (Burton, 1930)
 * Leucandra kagoshimensis Hozawa, 1929
 * Leucandra kerguelensis (Urban, 1908)
 * Leucandra kurilensis Hozawa, 1918
 * Leucandra laptevi Koltun, 1952
 * Leucandra levis (Poléjaeff, 1883)
 * Leucandra lobata (Carter, 1886)
 * Leucandra loricata (Poléjaeff, 1883)
 * Leucandra losangelensis (de Laubenfels, 1930)
 * Leucandra magna Tanita, 1942
 * Leucandra masatierrae (Breitfuss, 1898)
 * Leucandra mawsoni Dendy, 1918
 * Leucandra meandrina Lendenfeld, 1885
 * Leucandra mediocancellata Hozawa, 1940
 * Leucandra minima Row & Hozawa, 1931
 * Leucandra minor (Urban, 1908)
 * Leucandra mitsukurii Hozawa, 1929
 * Leucandra mozambiquensis Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
 * Leucandra multifida (Carter, 1886)
 * Leucandra multiformis Polejaeff, 1883
 * Leucandra multituba Hozawa, 1929
 * Leucandra nakamurai Tanita, 1942
 * Leucandra nausicaae (Schuffner, 1877)
 * Leucandra nicolae Wörheide & Hooper, 2003
 * Leucandra odawarensis Hozawa, 1929
 * Leucandra okinoseana Hozawa, 1929
 * Leucandra onigaseana Hozawa, 1929
 * Leucandra ovata (Poléjaeff, 1883)
 * Leucandra pacifica Hozawa, 1929
 * Leucandra palaoensis Tanita, 1943
 * Leucandra pallida Row & Hozawa, 1931
 * Leucandra pandora (Haeckel, 1872)
 * Leucandra paucispina Hozawa, 1929
 * Leucandra phillipensis Dendy, 1893
 * Leucandra pilula Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
 * Leucandra platei (Breitfuss, 1898)
 * Leucandra poculiformis Hozawa, 1918
 * Leucandra polejaevi (Breitfuss, 1896)
 * Leucandra prava (Breitfuss, 1898)
 * Leucandra pulvinar (Haeckel, 1870)
 * Leucandra pumila (Bowerbank, 1866)
 * Leucandra pyriformis (Lambe, 1893)
 * Leucandra ramosa (Burton, 1934)
 * Leucandra regina Brøndsted, 1927
 * Leucandra reniformis Tanita, 1943
 * Leucandra rigida Hozawa, 1940
 * Leucandra riojai Ferrer-Hernandez, 1918
 * Leucandra rodriguezi (Lackschewitz, 1886)
 * Leucandra rudifera (Poléjaeff, 1883)
 * Leucandra sagmiana Hozawa, 1929
 * Leucandra secutor Brøndsted, 1927
 * Leucandra serrata Azevedo & Klautau, 2007
 * Leucandra seychellensis Hozawa, 1940
 * Leucandra sola Tanita, 1942
 * Leucandra solida Hozawa, 1929
 * Leucandra sphaeracella Wörheide & Hooper, 2003
 * Leucandra spinifera Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016
 * Leucandra spinosa Hozawa, 1940
 * Leucandra spissa (Urban, 1909)
 * Leucandra splendens Hozawa, 1918
 * Leucandra sulcata Ferrer-Hernandez, 1918
 * Leucandra tahuatae Klautau, Lopes, Guarabyra, Folcher, Ekins & Debitus, 2020
 * Leucandra taylori Lambe, 1900
 * Leucandra thulakomorpha Row & Hozawa, 1931
 * Leucandra tomentosa Tanita, 1940
 * Leucandra topsenti Breitfuss, 1929
 * Leucandra tropica Tanita, 1943
 * Leucandra tuba Hozawa, 1918
 * Leucandra tuberculata Hozawa, 1929
 * Leucandra typica (Poléjaeff, 1883)
 * Leucandra uschuariensis Tanita, 1942
 * Leucandra vaginata Lendenfeld, 1885
 * Leucandra valida Lambe, 1900
 * Leucandra verdensis Thacker, 1908
 * Leucandra vermiformis Tanita, 1941
 * Leucandra vesicularis Brøndsted, 1927
 * Leucandra villosa Lendenfeld, 1885
 * Leucandra vitrea (Urban, 1908)
 * Leucandra yuriagensis Hozawa, 1933