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Leucetta villosa

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Leucetta villosa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Clathrinida
Family: Leucettidae
Genus: Leucetta
Species:
L. villosa
Binomial name
Leucetta villosa
Map
Holotype site (south side of Wistari Reef)[2]

Leucetta villosa is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Leucettidae, and was first described in 1999 by Gert Wörheide and John Hooper.[3][1] The species epithet, villosa, comes from the Latin, villosus ("hairy"), and was given because of the "hair-like extensions on the sponge surface".[1]

It is found in Queensland coastal waters,[2] where occurs in waters with surface temperatures of 20 to 25 °C.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Wöerheide, G. & Hooper, J.N.A. (1999). "Calcarea from the Great Barrier Reef 1: Cryptic Calcinea from Heron Island and Wistari Reef (Capricorn-Bunker Group)". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 43 (2): 859–892 [883].{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ a b "Australian Faunal Directory: Leucetta villosa Wöerheide & Hooper, 1999". AFD. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ Van Soest, R.W.M.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schönberg, C.; Klautau, M.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J.L.; Ríos, P.; Downey, R.; Morrow, C.C. (2020). "World Porifera Database Leucetta villosa Wörheide & Hooper, 1999". World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Leucetta villosa Wörheide & Hooper, 1999 - Ocean Biogeographic Information System". obis.org. Retrieved 29 September 2020.