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Leucopsila
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Calcarea
Order:	Baerida
Family:	Baeriidae
Genus:	Leucopsila Dendy & Row, 1913
Species:	L. stylifera
Binomial name
Leucopsila stylifera (Schmidt, 1870)

Leucopsila is a genus of poriferans in the family Baeriidae. It contains one species, Leucopsila stylifera, which was originally described as Leuconia stylifera in 1870. The genus was described by Dendy & Row in 1913.

References

1. Schmidt, O. (1870). Grundzüge einer Spongien-Fauna des Atlantischen Gebietes. Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann.
2. 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.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Díaz, M.-C.; Cárdenas, P.; Carballo, J. L.; Ríos, P.; Downey, R. (2018). "Leucopsila stylifera (Schmidt, 1870)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2018-11-01.
3. Dendy, A. & Row, R. (1913). The classification and phylogeny of the calcareous sponges, with a reference list of all the described species, systematically arranged. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 47, 704–813.

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