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Leucetta villosa
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Calcarea
Order:	Clathrinida
Family:	Leucettidae
Genus:	Leucetta
Species:	L. villosa
Binomial name
Leucetta villosa Wörheide & Hooper, 1999

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

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

References

1. ^ 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 .{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
2. ^ "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.

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