Caulophacus elegans
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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). | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Hexactinellida |
Order: | Lyssacinosida |
Family: | Rossellidae |
Genus: | Caulophacus |
Species: | C. elegans
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Binomial name | |
Caulophacus elegans |
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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 elegans is a species of glass sponges belonging to the subfamily Lanuginellinae. The type specimen has been found in Central Kuroshio Current, near Japan.
References[]
- ^ Über den bau und das system der hexactinelliden. FE Schulze, Abhandlungen der Königlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin (Physikalisch-Mathematisch Classe) 1886, pages 1-97
- Schulze, F.E. 1887a. Report on the Hexactinellida collected by H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ during the years 1873-1876. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’, 1873-1876. Zoology 21 (Text): 1-514
External links[]
Media related to Caulophacus elegans at Wikimedia Commons
- "Caulophacus elegans" at the Encyclopedia of Life
- "Caulophacus elegans". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species.
Categories:
- Hexactinellida
- Sponges described in 1886
- Fauna of Japan
- Poriferan stubs