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The Kirk Collection of Sponges (Porifera) in the Zoology Museum, Victoria University College
Genus Leucilla Haeckel 1872
Genus Leucilla Haeckel 1872
Leucilla uter Polejaeff
N. Polejaeff Challenger Reports, Zoology, 8 (24), 53 (1883)
Syntype (merotype) from Challenger Station 209, January 22, 1875, Philippine Islands. 95–100 fathoms. B.M.32.
Leucilla australiensis (Carter)
H. J. Carter Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist., p. 133 (1886)
From near Port Phillip Heads, Dendy's registration number RN96.
Leucilla saccharata (Haeckel)
E. Haeckel Kalkschwaeme, 2, 228 (1872)
From Port Jackson. Australia, Dendy's registration numbers RN207 and RN209.
Leucilla vera (Polejaeff)
N. Polejaeff Challenger Rpts., Zoology, 8 (24), 68 (1883)
Holotype (merotype), Challenger Station off Kerguelen, January 1874, 10–100 fathoms, B.M.33. Only the holotype was found, as Polejaeff indicates.
Leucilla haeckliana (Polejaeff)
N. Polejaeff Challenger Rpts., Zoology, 8 (24), 69 (1883)
Syntype (merotype), Challenger Station 163a, June 3, 1874, off Port Jackson, Australia, 30–35 fathoms, rock.
Leucilla multiformis (Pol.) var. goliath (Polejaeff)
N. Polejaeff Challenger Rpts., Zoology, 8 (24), 54 (1883)
Syntype (merotype), Challenger Station 36, April 23, 1873, off Bermudas, 32 fathoms; B.M.35.
Leucilla levis (Polejaeff)
N. Polejaeff Challenger Rpts., Zoology, 8 (24), 59 (1883)
Syntype (merotype), Challenger Station 145, December 27, 1873, off Prince Edward Islands, 150 fathoms; B.M.53.