Ascandra Haeckel 1872

Ascandra is a genus of calcareous sponges of the family Leucaltidae and are found in oceans around the world.

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

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