About Leucetta chagosensis Dendy, 1913
Leucetta chagosensis, commonly known as the lemon sponge, is a species of calcareous sponge belonging to the family Leucettidae. It was first described in 1913 by Arthur Dendy, who gave it the scientific name Leucetta chagosensis Dendy, 1913. Its specific epithet chagosensis uses the Latin ending -ensis, which refers to the species' origin in the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean. Maurice Burton established the currently accepted synonymy for this species in 1963. This sponge is distributed in coastal waters of Queensland, Western Australia, the Indian Ocean, and the western Pacific Ocean. It lives in habitats with water temperatures between 20 and 30 °C, depths from 0 to 50 meters, and salinities from 30 to 35 PSU.
