Leucandra is a genus of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Grantiidae. Its earliest known fossils are from the Jurassic.
Species
- Leucandra abratsbo <small>Hozawa, 1929</small>
- Leucandra algoaensis <small>(Bowerbank, 1864)</small>
- Leucandra amakusana <small>Tanita, 1943</small>
- Leucandra amorpha <small>Poléjaeff, 1883</small>
- Leucandra ananas <small>(Montagu, 1814)</small>
- Leucandra anfracta <small>(Urban, 1908)</small>
- Leucandra anguinea <small>(Ridley, 1884)</small>
- Leucandra apicalis <small>Urban, 1906</small>
- Leucandra armata <small>(Urban, 1908)</small>
- Leucandra aspera <small>(Schmidt, 1862)</small>
- Leucandra astricta <small>Tanita, 1942</small>
- Leucandra australiensis <small>(Carter, 1886)</small>
- Leucandra balearica <small>Lackschewitz, 1886</small>
- Leucandra barbata <small>(Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864)</small>
- Leucandra bathybia <small>(Haeckel, 1869)</small>
- Leucandra belemnifera <small>(Tsurnamal, 1975)</small>
- Leucandra bleeki <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small>
- Leucandra bolivari <small>Ferrer-Hernandez, 1916</small>
- Leucandra brumalis <small>Jenkin, 1908</small>
- Leucandra bulbosa <small>Hanitsch, 1895</small>
- Leucandra caminus <small>Haeckel, 1872</small>
- Leucandra capillata <small>(Poléjaeff, 1883)</small>
- Leucandra caribea <small>Cóndor-Luján, Louzada, Hajdu & Klautau, 2018</small>
- Leucandra cerebrum <small>Hozawa & Tanita, 1941</small>
- Leucandra cirrhosa <small>(Urban, 1908)</small>
- Leucandra claviformis <small>Schuffner, 1877</small>
- Leucandra coimbrae <small>(Breitfuss, 1898)</small>
- Leucandra comata <small>Brøndsted, 1931</small>
- Leucandra compacta <small>(Carter, 1886)</small>
- Leucandra conica <small>Lendenfeld, 1885</small>
- Leucandra connectens <small>Brøndsted, 1927</small>
- Leucandra consolida <small>Tanita, 1943</small>
- Leucandra crambessa <small>Haeckel, 1872</small>
- Leucandra crassior <small>Ridley, 1881</small>
- Leucandra crosslandi <small>Thacker, 1908</small>
- Leucandra crustacea <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small>
- Leucandra cumberlandensis <small>Lambe, 1900</small>
- Leucandra curva <small>(Schuffner, 1877)</small>
- Leucandra cylindrica <small>Fristedt, 1887</small>
- Leucandra donnani <small>Dendy, 1905</small>
- Leucandra dwarkaensis <small>Dendy, 1916</small>
- Leucandra echinata <small>Schuffner, 1877</small>
- Leucandra egedii <small>(Schmidt, 1870)</small>
- Leucandra elegans <small>(Lendenfeld, 1888)</small>
- Leucandra erinacea <small>Lendenfeld, 1888</small>
- Leucandra falakra <small>Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016</small>
- Leucandra falcigera <small>Schuffner, 1877</small>
- Leucandra fernandensis <small>(Breitfuss, 1898)</small>
- Leucandra fistulosa <small>(Johnston, 1842)</small>
- Leucandra foliata <small>Hozawa, 1918</small>
- Leucandra fragilis <small>Hozawa, 1940</small>
- Leucandra frigida <small>Jenkin, 1908</small>
- Leucandra gausapata <small>Brøndsted, 1931</small>
- Leucandra gaussii <small>(Brøndsted, 1931)</small>
- Leucandra glabra <small>Hozawa, 1940</small>
- Leucandra globosa <small>Tanita, 1943</small>
- Leucandra gossei <small>(Bowerbank, 1862)</small>
- Leucandra haurakii <small>Brøndsted, 1927</small>
- Leucandra heathi <small>Urban, 1906</small>
- Leucandra helena <small>(Lendenfeld, 1885)</small>
- Leucandra henrycarteri <small>Van Soest & Hooper, 2020</small>
- Leucandra hentschelii <small>Brøndsted, 1931</small>
- Leucandra hispida <small>(Carter, 1886)</small>
- Leucandra hozawai <small>Tanita, 1942</small>
- Leucandra impigra <small>Tanita, 1942</small>
- Leucandra intermedia <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small>
- Leucandra irregularis <small>(Burton, 1930)</small>
- Leucandra kagoshimensis <small>Hozawa, 1929</small>
- Leucandra kerguelensis <small>(Urban, 1908)</small>
- Leucandra kurilensis <small>Hozawa, 1918</small>
- Leucandra laptevi <small>Koltun, 1952</small>
- Leucandra levis <small>(Poléjaeff, 1883)</small>
- Leucandra lobata <small>(Carter, 1886)</small>
- Leucandra loricata <small>(Poléjaeff, 1883)</small>
- Leucandra losangelensis <small>(de Laubenfels, 1930)</small>
- Leucandra magna <small>Tanita, 1942</small>
- Leucandra masatierrae <small>(Breitfuss, 1898)</small>
- Leucandra mawsoni <small>Dendy, 1918</small>
- Leucandra meandrina <small>Lendenfeld, 1885</small>
- Leucandra mediocancellata <small>Hozawa, 1940</small>
- Leucandra minima <small>Row & Hozawa, 1931</small>
- Leucandra minor <small>(Urban, 1908)</small>
- Leucandra mitsukurii <small>Hozawa, 1929</small>
- Leucandra mozambiquensis <small>Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018</small>
- Leucandra multifida <small>(Carter, 1886)</small>
- Leucandra multiformis <small>Polejaeff, 1883</small>
- Leucandra multituba <small>Hozawa, 1929</small>
- Leucandra nakamurai <small>Tanita, 1942</small>
- Leucandra nausicaae <small>(Schuffner, 1877)</small>
- Leucandra nicolae <small>Wörheide & Hooper, 2003</small>
- Leucandra odawarensis <small>Hozawa, 1929</small>
- Leucandra okinoseana <small>Hozawa, 1929</small>
- Leucandra onigaseana <small>Hozawa, 1929</small>
- Leucandra ovata <small>(Poléjaeff, 1883)</small>
- Leucandra pacifica <small>Hozawa, 1929</small>
- Leucandra palaoensis <small>Tanita, 1943</small>
- Leucandra pallida <small>Row & Hozawa, 1931</small>
- Leucandra pandora <small>(Haeckel, 1872)</small>
- Leucandra paucispina <small>Hozawa, 1929</small>
- Leucandra phillipensis <small>Dendy, 1893</small>
- Leucandra pilula <small>Van Soest & De Voogd, 2018</small>
- Leucandra platei <small>(Breitfuss, 1898)</small>
- Leucandra poculiformis <small>Hozawa, 1918</small>
- Leucandra polejaevi <small>(Breitfuss, 1896)</small>
- Leucandra prava <small>(Breitfuss, 1898)</small>
- Leucandra pulvinar <small>(Haeckel, 1870)</small>
- Leucandra pumila <small>(Bowerbank, 1866)</small>
- Leucandra pyriformis <small>(Lambe, 1893)</small>
- Leucandra ramosa <small>(Burton, 1934)</small>
- Leucandra regina <small>Brøndsted, 1927</small>
- Leucandra reniformis <small>Tanita, 1943</small>
- Leucandra rigida <small>Hozawa, 1940</small>
- Leucandra riojai <small>Ferrer-Hernandez, 1918</small>
- Leucandra rodriguezi <small>(Lackschewitz, 1886)</small>
- Leucandra rudifera <small>(Poléjaeff, 1883)</small>
- Leucandra sagmiana <small>Hozawa, 1929</small>
- Leucandra secutor <small>Brøndsted, 1927</small>
- Leucandra serrata <small>Azevedo & Klautau, 2007</small>
- Leucandra seychellensis <small>Hozawa, 1940</small>
- Leucandra sola <small>Tanita, 1942</small>
- Leucandra solida <small>Hozawa, 1929</small>
- Leucandra sphaeracella <small>Wörheide & Hooper, 2003</small>
- Leucandra spinifera <small>Klautau, Imesek, Azevedo, Plese, Nikolic & Cetkovic, 2016</small>
- Leucandra spinosa <small>Hozawa, 1940</small>
- Leucandra spissa <small>(Urban, 1909)</small>
- Leucandra splendens <small>Hozawa, 1918</small>
- Leucandra sulcata <small>Ferrer-Hernandez, 1918</small>
- Leucandra tahuatae <small>Klautau, Lopes, Guarabyra, Folcher, Ekins & Debitus, 2020</small>
- Leucandra taylori <small>Lambe, 1900</small>
- Leucandra thulakomorpha <small>Row & Hozawa, 1931</small>
- Leucandra tomentosa <small>Tanita, 1940</small>
- Leucandra topsenti <small>Breitfuss, 1929</small>
- Leucandra tropica <small>Tanita, 1943</small>
- Leucandra tuba <small>Hozawa, 1918</small>
- Leucandra tuberculata <small>Hozawa, 1929</small>
- Leucandra typica <small>(Poléjaeff, 1883)</small>
- Leucandra uschuariensis <small>Tanita, 1942</small>
- Leucandra vaginata <small>Lendenfeld, 1885</small>
- Leucandra valida <small>Lambe, 1900</small>
- Leucandra verdensis <small>Thacker, 1908</small>
- Leucandra vermiformis <small>Tanita, 1941</small>
- Leucandra vesicularis <small>Brøndsted, 1927</small>
- Leucandra villosa <small>Lendenfeld, 1885</small>
- Leucandra vitrea <small>(Urban, 1908)</small>
- Leucandra yuriagensis <small>Hozawa, 1933</small>
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