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.