Leuconia
# Leuconia

Leuconia is a genus of calcareous sponges in the family Baeriidae. It was described by English anatomist and zoologist Robert Edmond Grant in 1833.

## Species

The following species of Leuconia are accepted in the World Porifera database:

* Leuconia alaskensis de Laubenfels, 1953
* Leuconia dura (Hozawa, 1929)
* Leuconia gladiator (Dendy, 1893)
* Leuconia johnstoni Carter, 1871
* Leuconia joubini (Topsent, 1907)
* Leuconia nivea (Grant, 1826)
* Leuconia ochotensis (Miklucho-Maclay, 1870)
* Leuconia usa (de Laubenfels, 1942)

Several other species formerly treated as part of Leuconia have been transferred to other genera, primarily Leucandra.

