Ascandra is a genus of calcareous sponges of the family Leucaltidae and are found in oceans around the world.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Calcarea |
| Order: | Clathrinida |
| Family: | Leucaltidae |
| Genus: | Ascandra Haeckel, 1872[1] |
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Species
As of 2019, 15 valid species of Ascandra are recognized:[1]
- Ascandra ascandroides (Borojevic, 1971)
- Ascandra atlantica (Thacker, 1908)
- Ascandra biscayae (Borojevic & Boury-Esnault, 1987)
- Ascandra brandtae (Rapp, Göcke, Tendal & Janussen, 2013)
- Ascandra contorta (Bowerbank, 1866)
- Ascandra corallicola (Rapp, 2006)
- Ascandra crewsi Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015
- Ascandra densa Haeckel, 1872
- Ascandra falcata Haeckel, 1872
- Ascandra izuensis (Tanita, 1942)
- Ascandra kakaban Van Soest & De Voogd, 2015
- Ascandra loculosa (Dendy, 1891)
- Ascandra minchini Borojevic, 1966
- Ascandra sertularia Haeckel, 1872
- Ascandra spalatensis Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016
References
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