Leucettusa

Leucettusa is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Leucaltidae. The species of this genus are mostly known from the Arctic and Antarctic, New Zealand and Southwest Australia.

Description
Species have a simple tubular body with a large atrium, and choanocyte chambers which are either elongated, spherical or both.

Species
The following species are recognised:


 * Leucettusa clathria
 * Leucettusa corticata (Haeckel, 1872)
 * Leucettusa dictyogaster Dendy & Row, 1913
 * Leucettusa haeckeliana (Polejaeff, 1883)
 * Leucettusa imperfecta (Polejaeff, 1883)
 * Leucettusa lancifera Dendy, 1924
 * Leucettusa mariae Brøndsted, 1927
 * Leucettusa nuda (Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009)
 * Leucettusa pyriformis Brøndsted, 1927
 * Leucettusa sambucus (Preiwisch, 1904)
 * Leucettusa simplicissima Burton, 1932
 * Leucettusa soyo (Hôzawa, 1933)
 * Leucettusa tubulosa Dendy, 1924
 * Leucettusa vera Poléjaeff, 1883