Species under Leucosolenia
n= 83
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Leucosolenia aboralis
BrØndsted, 1931
Antarctic
Leucosolenia albatrossi
Hozawa, 1918
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia amakusana
Tanita, 1943
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia amitsbo
Hozawa, 1929
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia atlantica
Thacker, 1908
Eastern Central Atlantic
Leucosolenia australis
Brøndsted, 1931
Antarctic Indian Ocean and Southeast Pacific
Leucosolenia blanca
(Miklucho-Maclay, 1868)
Yellow leafy sponge Indo-Pacific, Antarctic, Mediterranean and the Arctic Ocean
Leucosolenia botryoides
(Ellis & Solander, 1786)
Organ-pipe sponge Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and Antarctica
Leucosolenia brondstedi
Van Soest & Hooper, 2020
Antarctic
Leucosolenia canariensis
(Miklucho-Maclay, 1868)
Indo-Pacific, Western Central Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Arctic Ocean
Leucosolenia cavata
(Carter, 1886)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Leucosolenia cerebrum
(Haeckel, 1872)
Southeast Atlantic, Indo-West Pacific, and the Mediterranean
Leucosolenia challengeri
Poléjaeff, 1883
Western Pacific
Leucosolenia clarkii
(Verrill, 1873)
Western Atlantic
Leucosolenia clathrata
(Carter, 1883)
Indo-West Pacific
Leucosolenia clathrus
(Schmidt, 1864)
Northeast Atlantic, Southwest Pacific and Mediterranean
Leucosolenia complicata
(Montagu, 1818)
Arctic, Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and Antarctic Ocean
Leucosolenia cordata
(Haeckel, 1872)
Western Indian Ocean and Southeast Atlantic
Leucosolenia coriacea
(Montagu, 1818)
Indo-Pacific, Mediterranean, and the Antarctica
Leucosolenia cotorta
Bowerbank, 1866
Western Indian Ocean, Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Arctic Ocean
Leucosolenia decipiens
(Haeckel, 1872)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Leucosolenia densa
(Haeckel, 1870)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Leucosolenia depressa
Dendy, 1891
Indo-West Pacific
Leucosolenia dictyoides
haeckel, 1870
Southeast Atlantic, Indo-Pacific, and the Mediterranean
Leucosolenia discoveryi
Jenkin, 1908
Antarctic
Leucosolenia dubia
Dendy, 1891
Eastern Indian Ocean
Leucosolenia eleanor
Urban, 1905
Lacy ball sponge Pacific Ocean and the Arctic
Leucosolenia falcata
(Haeckel, 1872)
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Leucosolenia falklandica
Breitfuss, 1898
Southwest Atlantic and Southeast Pacific
Leucosolenia feuerlandica
Tanita, 1942
Southwest Atlantic
Leucosolenia flexilis
(Haeckel, 1872)
Western Central Pacific
Leucosolenia fragilis
(Haeckel, 1870)
Northern Atlantic
Leucosolenia gardineri
Dendy, 1913
Indo-West Pacific
Leucosolenia gegenbauri
Haeckel, 1870
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Leucosolenia goethei
Haeckel, 1870
Mediterranean
Leucosolenia gracilis
(Haeckel, 1872)
Eastern Central Pacific
Leucosolenia grisea
Dendy & Frederick, 1924
Eastern Indian Ocean
Leucosolenia hispida
Brøndsted, 1931
Antarctic
Leucosolenia horrida
(Schmidt, 1872)
Western Central Atlantic
Leucosolenia incerta
Urban, 1908
Antarctic Indian Ocean
Leucosolenia irregularis
Jenkin, 1908
Indo-Pacific
Leucosolenia izuensis
Tanita, 1942
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia japonica
(Haeckel, 1872)
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia kagoshimensis
(Hozawa, 1929)
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia lacunosa
(Bean, 1842)
Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean and the Arctic ocean
Leucosolenia laminoclathrata
(Carter, 1886)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Leucosolenia laxa
Kirk, 1895
Western Pacific
Leucosolenia loculosa
(Haeckel, 1870)
Indo-West Pacific
Leucosolenia lucasi
Dendy, 1891
Translucid chimney sponge Indo-West Pacific
Leucosolenia macleayi
(Lendenfeld, 1885)
Indo-Pacific, West coasts of Europe and the Arctic Ocean
Leucosolenia minoricensis
Lackschewitz, 1886
Mediterranean
Leucosolenia minuta
Tanita, 1943
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia mollis
Tanita, 1941
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia multiformis
Breitfuss, 1898
Northeast Atlantic
Leucosolenia mutsu
Hozawa, 1928
Northeast Atlantic
Leucosolenia nautilia
De Laubenfels, 1930
Spaghetti sponge Eastern Pacific
Leucosolenia osculum
(Carter, 1886)
Indo-West Pacific
Leucosolenia panis
(Haeckel, 1872)
Central Atlantic
Leucosolenia pelliculata
Dendy, 1891
Eastern Indian Ocean
Leucosolenia pilosella
Brønsted, 1931
Northwest Atlantic
Leucosolenia poterium
(Haeckel, 1872)
South Pacific
Leucosolenia primordialis
Haeckel, 1870
Mediterranean, Atlantic and Indian Oceans
Leucosolenia protogenes
(Haeckel, 1872)
Indo-West Pacific
Leucosolenia psammophila
Row & Hozawa, 1931
Eastern Indian Ocean
Leucosolenia pyriformis
Tanita, 1943
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia reticulum
(Schmidt, 1862)
Northwest Pacific, North Atlantic, Arctic Ocean and the Mediterranean
Leucosolenia rosea
Kirk, 1895
Southwest Pacific
Leucosolenia sagamiana
Hozawa, 1929
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia sagittaria
(Haeckel, 1872)
Northwest Atlantic
Leucosolenia sceptrum
(Haeckel, 1872)
North Atlantic and Mediterranean
Leucosolenia serica
Tanita, 1942
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia sertularia
(Haeckel, 1872)
Indo-West Pacific
Leucosolenia soyo
Hozawa, 1933
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia spongiosa
(Kölliker, 1864)
Mediterranean
Leucosolenia stolonifer
Dendy, 1891
Indo-West Pacific
Leucosolenia tenera
Tanita, 1940
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia tenuipilosa
Dendy, 1905
Western Indian Ocean and Eastern Central Atlantic
Leucosolenia tenuis
(Schuffner, 1877)
Northeast Atlantic
Leucosolenia variabilis
Haeckel, 1870
Arctic Ocean, Northeast Atlantic, Mediterranean, and the Indo-Pacific
Leucosolenia ventosa
Hozawa, 1940
Northwest Pacific
Leucosolenia ventricosa
(Carter, 1886)
Eastern Indian Ocean
Leucosolenia vesicula
(Haeckel, 1870)
Eastern Central Pacific
Leucosolenia vitraea
Row & Hozawa, 1931
Eastern Indian Ocean
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