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Lepidoleucon

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Genus of sponges

Lepidoleucon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Calcarea
Order: Baerida
Family: Lepidoleuconidae
Vacelet, 1967
Genus: Lepidoleucon
Vacelet, 1967
Species: L. inflatum
Binomial name
Lepidoleucon inflatum
Vacelet, 1967

Lepidoleucon is genus of calcareous sponges in the order Baerida. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Lepidoleuconidae, and consists of a single species, Lepidoleucon inflatum.

References

  1. ^ Vacelet, J. (1967). Descriptions d'Éponges Pharétronides actuelles des tunnels obscurs sous-récifaux de Tuléar (Madagascar). Recueil des Travaux de la Station Marine d’Endoume, 6(Sup.), 37–62.
Taxon identifiers
Lepidoleucon
Lepidoleuconidae
Lepidoleucon inflatum


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