Leucetta primigenia

Leucetta primigenia (common names - ferruginous sponge, Rostroter Kalkschwamm)^[3] is a species of calcareous sponge in the family Leucettidae, and was first described in 1872 by Ernst Haeckel.^[2][4]

Leucetta primigenia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Class:	Calcarea
Order:	Clathrinida
Family:	Leucettidae
Genus:	Leucetta
Species:	L. primigenia
Binomial name
Leucetta primigenia Haeckel 1872[1]
Synonyms[2]
Leucandra primigenia (Haeckel, 1872) Leucetta isoraphis Haeckel, 1872 Leucetta megaraphis Haeckel, 1872 Leuconia primigenia (Haeckel, 1872) Lipostomella clausa Haeckel, 1870 Sycothamnus fruticosus Haeckel, 1870

Distribution

The type locality is in the western Mediterranean.^[2] In Australia it is found in New South Wales coastal waters,^[1] at depths of 3-385 m.^[1]