Caulophacus

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Caulophacus
Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 - under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. (1887) (14598081049).jpg
Caulophacus elegans , illustration in: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 - under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. (1887).
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Lyssacinosida
Family: Rossellidae
Subfamily: Lanuginellinae
Genus: Caulophacus
Schulze, 1886 [1]
Type species
Caulophacus latus
Schulze, 1886
Subgenera
  • Caulophacus (Caulodiscus)
  • Caulophacus (Caulophacella)
  • Caulophacus (Caulophacus)
  • Caulophacus (Oxydiscus)
Caulophacus elegans, illustration in: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 - under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. (1887). Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 - under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. (1887) (14784740475).jpg
Caulophacus elegans , illustration in: Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 - under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. (1887).

Caulophacus is a genus of glass sponges belonging to the subfamily Lanuginellinae.

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Species

Subgenus Caulophacus (Caulodiscus) Ijima, 1927

Subgenus Caulophacus (Caulophacella) Lendenfeld, 1915

Subgenus Caulophacus (Caulophacus) Schulze, 1886

Subgenus Caulophacus (Oxydiscus) Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal, 2004

See also

References

  1. Über den bau und das system der hexactinelliden. FE Schulze - 1886