# Leucandra (sponge)

Leucandra is a genus of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Grantiidae.$^{:1166}$ Its earliest known fossils are from the Jurassic.$^{:1117}$

## Species

* Leucandra abratsbo Hozawa, 1929
* Leucandra algoaensis (Bowerbank, 1864)
* Leucandra amakusana Tanita, 1943
* Leucandra amorpha Poléjaeff, 1883
* Leucandra ananas (Montagu, 1814)
* Leucandra anfracta (Urban, 1908)
* Leucandra anguinea (Ridley, 1884)
* Leucandra apicalis Urban, 1906
* Leucandra armata (Urban, 1908)
* Leucandra aspera (Schmidt, 1862)
* Leucandra astricta Tanita, 1942
* Leucandra australiensis (Carter, 1886)
* Leucandra balearica Lackschewitz, 1886
* Leucandra barbata (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)
* Leucandra bathybia (Haeckel, 1869)
* Leucandra belemnifera (Tsurnamal, 1975)
* Leucandra bleeki (Haeckel, 1872)
* Leucandra bolivari Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916
* Leucandra brumalis Jenkin, 1908
* Leucandra bulbosa Hanitsch, 1895
* Leucandra caminus Haeckel, 1872
* Leucandra capillata (Poléjaeff, 1883)
* Leucandra caribea Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018
* Leucandra cerebrum Hozawa & Tanita, 1941
* Leucandra cirrhosa (Urban, 1908)
* Leucandra claviformis Schuffner, 1877
* Leucandra coimbrae (Breitfuss, 1898)
* Leucandra comata Brøndsted, 1931
* Leucandra compacta (Carter, 1886)
* Leucandra conica Lendenfeld, 1885
* Leucandra connectens Brøndsted, 1927
* Leucandra consolida Tanita, 1943
* Leucandra crambessa Haeckel, 1872
* Leucandra crassior Ridley, 1881
* Leucandra crosslandi Thacker, 1908
* Leucandra crustacea (Haeckel, 1872)
* Leucandra cumberlandensis Lambe, 1900
* Leucandra curva (Schuffner, 1877)
* Leucandra cylindrica Fristedt, 1887
* Leucandra donnani Dendy, 1905
* Leucandra dwarkaensis Dendy, 1916
* Leucandra echinata Schuffner, 1877
* Leucandra egedii (Schmidt, 1870)
* Leucandra elegans (Lendenfeld, 1888)
* Leucandra erinacea Lendenfeld, 1888
* Leucandra falakra Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016
* Leucandra falcigera Schuffner, 1877
* Leucandra fernandensis (Breitfuss, 1898)
* Leucandra fistulosa (Johnston, 1842)
* Leucandra foliata Hozawa, 1918
* Leucandra fragilis Hozawa, 1940
* Leucandra frigida Jenkin, 1908
* Leucandra gausapata Brøndsted, 1931
* Leucandra gaussii (Brøndsted, 1931)
* Leucandra glabra Hozawa, 1940
* Leucandra globosa Tanita, 1943
* Leucandra gossei (Bowerbank, 1862)
* Leucandra haurakii Brøndsted, 1927
* Leucandra heathi Urban, 1906
* Leucandra helena (Lendenfeld, 1885)
* Leucandra henrycarteri Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
* Leucandra hentschelii Brøndsted, 1931
* Leucandra hispida (Carter, 1886)
* Leucandra hozawai Tanita, 1942
* Leucandra impigra Tanita, 1942
* Leucandra intermedia (Haeckel, 1872)
* Leucandra irregularis (Burton, 1930)
* Leucandra kagoshimensis Hozawa, 1929
* Leucandra kerguelensis (Urban, 1908)
* Leucandra kurilensis Hozawa, 1918
* Leucandra laptevi Koltun, 1952
* Leucandra levis (Poléjaeff, 1883)
* Leucandra lobata (Carter, 1886)
* Leucandra loricata (Poléjaeff, 1883)
* Leucandra losangelensis (de Laubenfels, 1930)
* Leucandra magna Tanita, 1942
* Leucandra masatierrae (Breitfuss, 1898)
* Leucandra mawsoni Dendy, 1918
* Leucandra meandrina Lendenfeld, 1885
* Leucandra mediocancellata Hozawa, 1940
* Leucandra minima Row & Hozawa, 1931
* Leucandra minor (Urban, 1908)
* Leucandra mitsukurii Hozawa, 1929
* Leucandra mozambiquensis Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
* Leucandra multifida (Carter, 1886)
* Leucandra multiformis Polejaeff, 1883
* Leucandra multituba Hozawa, 1929
* Leucandra nakamurai Tanita, 1942
* Leucandra nausicaae (Schuffner, 1877)
* Leucandra nicolae Wörheide & Hooper, 2003
* Leucandra odawarensis Hozawa, 1929
* Leucandra okinoseana Hozawa, 1929
* Leucandra onigaseana Hozawa, 1929
* Leucandra ovata (Poléjaeff, 1883)
* Leucandra pacifica Hozawa, 1929
* Leucandra palaoensis Tanita, 1943
* Leucandra pallida Row & Hozawa, 1931
* Leucandra pandora (Haeckel, 1872)
* Leucandra paucispina Hozawa, 1929
* Leucandra phillipensis Dendy, 1893
* Leucandra pilula Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018
* Leucandra platei (Breitfuss, 1898)
* Leucandra poculiformis Hozawa, 1918
* Leucandra polejaevi (Breitfuss, 1896)
* Leucandra prava (Breitfuss, 1898)
* Leucandra pulvinar (Haeckel, 1870)
* Leucandra pumila (Bowerbank, 1866)
* Leucandra pyriformis (Lambe, 1893)
* Leucandra ramosa (Burton, 1934)
* Leucandra regina Brøndsted, 1927
* Leucandra reniformis Tanita, 1943
* Leucandra rigida Hozawa, 1940
* Leucandra riojai Ferrer-Hernandez, 1918
* Leucandra rodriguezi (Lackschewitz, 1886)
* Leucandra rudifera (Poléjaeff, 1883)
* Leucandra sagmiana Hozawa, 1929
* Leucandra secutor Brøndsted, 1927
* Leucandra serrata Azevedo & Klautau, 2007
* Leucandra seychellensis Hozawa, 1940
* Leucandra sola Tanita, 1942
* Leucandra solida Hozawa, 1929
* Leucandra sphaeracella Wörheide & Hooper, 2003
* Leucandra spinifera Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016
* Leucandra spinosa Hozawa, 1940
* Leucandra spissa (Urban, 1909)
* Leucandra splendens Hozawa, 1918
* Leucandra sulcata Ferrer-Hernandez, 1918
* Leucandra tahuatae Klautau, Lopes, Guarabyra, Folcher, Ekins & Debitus, 2020
* Leucandra taylori Lambe, 1900
* Leucandra thulakomorpha Row & Hozawa, 1931
* Leucandra tomentosa Tanita, 1940
* Leucandra topsenti Breitfuss, 1929
* Leucandra tropica Tanita, 1943
* Leucandra tuba Hozawa, 1918
* Leucandra tuberculata Hozawa, 1929
* Leucandra typica (Poléjaeff, 1883)
* Leucandra uschuariensis Tanita, 1942
* Leucandra vaginata Lendenfeld, 1885
* Leucandra valida Lambe, 1900
* Leucandra verdensis Thacker, 1908
* Leucandra vermiformis Tanita, 1941
* Leucandra vesicularis Brøndsted, 1927
* Leucandra villosa Lendenfeld, 1885
* Leucandra vitrea (Urban, 1908)
* Leucandra yuriagensis Hozawa, 1933