Caulophacus elegans

Caulophacus elegans
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
Subclass: Hexasterophora
Order: Lyssacinosa
Family: Rossellidae
Subfamily: Lanuginellinae
Genus: Caulophacus
Species: C. elegans
Binomial name
Caulophacus elegans
Synonyms

Caulophacus (Caulophacus) elegans Schulze, 1886

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

  1. ↑ 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
  • Media related to Caulophacus elegans at Wikimedia Commons
  • Caulophacus elegans at the Encyclopedia of Life Edit this at Wikidata
  • WoRMS. "Caulophacus elegans". World Register of Marine Species.


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