Leucosoleniidae Minchin 1900

This sponge consists of a lattice of slender branching and anastomosing tubes 2 mm. or less in diameter.

Die Kalkschwämme.. Berlin,G. Reimer,1872.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11719222

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Description: English: Smitswinkel Bay, Cape Peninsula. Date: 2006. Source: Own work. Author: Peter Southwood.

Description: White ball sponge (Leucosolenia sp.) and Blue choiirboys ascidian (blue - Podoclavella sp.) among common feather star (Comanthus wahlbergi). Date: 20 November 2010, 01:28. Source: White ball sponge (Leucosolenia sp.) and Blue choiirboys ascidian (blue - Podoclavella sp.) among common feather star (Comanthus wahlbergi). Author: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa.

Description: Français : Leucosolenia variabilis (Haeckel, 1870), Diplosoma listerianum (Milne-Edwards, 1841), Spirastrella cunctatrix Schmidt, 1868 - Banyuls-sur-Mer : 08/85. Date: 23 August 1985. Source: Own work. Author: Parent Géry.

Holotype (slide) RMNH Por. 9743 from Van Soest, 2017: 201, Fig. 126a.