title: Leuconia
text: # 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.
  
  