Leucettusa
# Leucettusa

Leucettusa is a genus of sponges belonging to the family Leucaltidae. The species of this genus are mostly known from the Arctic and Antarctic, New Zealand and Southwest Australia.

## Description

Species have a simple tubular body with a large atrium, and choanocyte chambers which are either elongated, spherical or both.

## Species

The following species are recognised:

* Leucettusa clathria
* Leucettusa corticata (Haeckel, 1872)
* Leucettusa dictyogaster Dendy & Row, 1913
* Leucettusa haeckeliana (Polejaeff, 1883)
* Leucettusa imperfecta (Polejaeff, 1883)
* Leucettusa lancifera Dendy, 1924
* Leucettusa mariae Brøndsted, 1927
* Leucettusa nuda (Azevedo, Hajdu, Willenz & Klautau, 2009)
* Leucettusa pyriformis Brøndsted, 1927
* Leucettusa sambucus (Preiwisch, 1904)
* Leucettusa simplicissima Burton, 1932
* Leucettusa soyo (Hôzawa, 1933)
* Leucettusa tubulosa Dendy, 1924
* Leucettusa vera Poléjaeff, 1883
