NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Leucaltidae
  Order - Clathrinida
  Subclass - Calcinea
  Class - Calcarea
  Phylum - Porifera
  Subkingdom - Radiata
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Leucettusa clathria
      Species - Leucettusa corticata
      Species - Leucettusa dictyogaster
      Species - Leucettusa haeckeliana
      Species - Leucettusa imperfecta
      Species - Leucettusa lancifer
      Species - Leucettusa mariae
      Species - Leucettusa pyriformis
      Species - Leucettusa simplicissima
      Species - Leucettusa tubulosa
      Species - Leucettusa usa
      Species - Leucettusa vera