Biology:Leucetta chagosensis

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Short description: Species of sponge

Leucetta chagosensis
Leucetta chagosensis Voavah.JPG
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Clathrinida
Family: Leucettidae
Genus: Leucetta
Species:
L. chagosensis
Binomial name
Leucetta chagosensis
Dendy, 1913[1]
Synonyms[1]

Leucetta infrequens Row & Hôzawa, 1931

Lua error in Module:Mapframe at line 384: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'lat_d' (a nil value). Leucetta chagosensis is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Leucettidae, and was first described in 1913 by Arthur Dendy.[2][3] The species epithet, chagosensis, comes from the Latin with the ending -ensis indicating that the species comes from the Chagos archipeligo[3] in the Indian Ocean. The taxonomic decision for synonymy is based on Maurice Burton (1963).[1][4]

Distribution

It is found in Queensland and Western Australian coastal waters,[1] in coastal waters of the Indian and the western Pacific Ocean, where the water temperature ranges from 20 to 30 C, the depth from 0–50 m, and salinities from 30 to 35 PSU.[5]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2160990 entry