Leucaltidae Dendy & Row, 1913

Voigt, Oliver, Ruthensteiner, Bernhard, Leiva, Laura, Fradusco, Benedetta & Wörheide, Gert, 2018, A new species of the calcareous sponge genus Leuclathrina (Calcarea: Calcinea: Clathrinida) from the Maldives, Zootaxa 4382 (1), pp. 147-158 : 151

Family Leucaltidae Dendy & Row, 1913

Diagnosis. ‘ Clathrinida with a tubular, ramified or even anastomosed cormus with many oscula, or individualised with a large central atrium and a single osculum. The sponge wall is composed of a distinct cortex sustained by a well-developed skeleton, and a choanosome. The skeleton of the choanosome and the atrial wall may be absent or composed of small and dispersed triactines and tetractines.’ ( Borojević et al. 1990).

Remarks. The family Leucaltidae is not monophyletic ( Voigt et al. 2012).