External morphology, skeleton organization, spicule type and cytology of Leucosolenia complicata, Leucosolenia corallorrhiza, Leucosolenia somesii and Leucosolenia variabilis

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Raw data for the manuscript 'The complex case of the calcareous sponge Leucosolenia complicata (Porifera: Calcarea): hidden diversity in Boreal and Arctic regions with description of a new species' (Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society). 1) External morphology, skeleton organization, spicule types and cytology of Leucosolenia complicata (the English Channel, Roscoff, France) and Leucosolenia corallorrhiza (White Sea, N.A. Pertsov White Sea Biological Station MSU, 66°34′N, 33°08′E). 2) Spicule slides of Leucosolenia complicata, Leucosolenia somesii and Leucosolenia variabilis from the collection of British Museum of Natural History (BMNH) including the type material for the latter two species: Leucosolenia complicata - BMNH 1910.1.1.435.Aa, BMNH 1910.1.1.415.a Leucosolenia somesii - BMNH 1956.4.26.35 (paralectotype; slide from BMNH 1925.11.2.25) Leucosolenia variabilis - BMNH 1910.1.1.421.a (syntype), BMNH 1906.12.1.40, BMNH 1906.12.1.50

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