Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Porifera > Class Calcarea > Subclass Calcaronea > Order Baerida > Family Baeriidae > Genus Leuconia

Leuconia johnstonii Carter, 1871

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Leuconia*	Grant, 1833	accepted genus name
*Baeria*	Miklucho-Maclay, 1870	synonym

Species group names

*Baeria johnstoni*	(Carter, 1871)	basionym
*Baeria johnstoni*	(Carter, 1871)	synonym

Literature

original description	Carter, H.J. 1871d. A Description of two new Calcispongiae, to which is added Confirmation of Prof. James Clark’s Discovery of the True Form of the Sponge-cell (Animal), and an Account of the Polype-like Pore area of Cliona corallinoides contrasted with Prof. E. Häckel’s View on the Relationship of the Sponges to the Corals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4(8)43: 1-27, pl.s I-II.
additional source	Van Soest, R.W.M. 2001. Porifera, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 85-103

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection
GBIF

Citation

van Soest, R. (2014). Leuconia johnstonii Carter, 1871. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M.; Cárdenas, P. (2014) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/authority/http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=132200