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C. elegans (disambiguation)

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C. elegans most commonly refers to the model round worm Caenorhabditis elegans. It may also refer to any of the species below. They are listed, first in taxonomic order (including synonyms) and, second, alphabetically.

Animals

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Porifera (sponges)

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Calcarea (calcareous sponges)

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Demospongiae (demosponges)

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  • Clathria elegans, a species of family Microcionidae found in the United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Clathrissa elegans, a synonym for Tedania elegans, a species of family Tedaniidae found in Australia
  • Crella elegans (syn. Cribella elegans or Cribrella elegans), a marine species of family Crellidae found in the Adriatic
  • Chalinodendron elegans , a synonym for Haliclona elegans, a species found in southeast Australia
  • Craniella elegans, a marine species of family Tetillidae found in southern India and Sri Lanka

Hexactinellida (glass sponges)

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  • Caulophacus elegans, a species (Rossellidae, Lanuginellinae) found in Central Kuroshio Current, near Japan
  • Corbitella elegans, a species (Euplectellidae) found in the Banda Sea in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia

Cnidaria (cnidarians)

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Hydrozoa (hydrozoans)

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  • Cryptolaria elegans, a synonym for Acryptolaria elegans, a thecate hydroid (Lafoeidae) found in the Gulf of Mexico

Anthozoa (corals, sea pens and gorgonians)

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†Rugosa (rugose or horn corals)
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Scleractinia (stony corals)
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Stauriida
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†Tabulata (tabulate corals)
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  • Caliapora elegans an extinct species (†Favositidae) from the Devonian of the Urals
  • Catenipora elegans, an extinct species (†Halysitidae) from the Silurian of Estonia
  • Coenites elegans, an extinct species (†Coenitidae) from the Devonian of Altai
Alcyonacea (soft corals)
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  • Callogorgia elegans (syn. Callicella elegans), a species (Primnoidae) found in the western North Pacific
  • Chrysogorgia elegans, a species (Chrysogorgiidae) found in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Cyathopodium elegans, a species (Clavulariidae) found in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean
Pennatulacea (sea pens)
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Myxozoa (myxozoans)

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  • Ceratomyxa elegans, a species (Ceratomyxidae) found in the Mediterranean and the Argentinian seas where it is a parasite of toadfishes

Echinodermata (echinoderms)

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Asteroidea (sea stars)

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Crinoidea (crinoids)

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  • Calceolispongia elegans, an extinct species (Calceolispongiidae) that lived along the shores of what corresponds to Timor and Western Australia today
  • Cicerocrinus elegans, an extinct species (Pisocrinidae) known from the Silurian of the United Kingdom
  • Clarkometra elegans, a feather star (Colobometridae) found from southwest Mindanao in the Philippines to the Bonin Islands, Japan

Echinoidea (sea urchins)

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  • Catopygus elegans, a synonym for Studeria elegans, an extinct species (Neolampadidae)
  • Cidaris elegans Münster, 1826 (syn. †Cidarites elegans), a fossil species (Cidaridae) from the Jurassic of France
  • Cidaris elegans (A. Agassiz, 1879), a synonym for Histocidaris elegans, an extant species (Histocidaridae)

†Edrioasteroidea (edrioasteroids)

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Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)

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  • Chiridota elegans (syn. †Chirodota elegans), a species (Chiridotidae) from the Pliocene of Europe

Chordata (chordates)

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Ascidiacea (ascidians or sea squirts)

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  • Chorizocarpa elegans, a synonym for Botryllus elegans, a species (Styelidae) found in Mozambique and South Africa
  • Culeolus elegans, a species (Pyuridae) found in New Caledonia

Conodonta (conodonts)

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Osteostraci

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  • Cephalaspis elegans, a synonym for †Zychaspis elegans, an extinct species (†Scolenaspididae) from the Devonian of Ukraine

Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes)

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  • Carcharias elegans, a synonym for Carcharhinus melanopterus, the blacktip reef shark, a requiem shark (Carcharhinidae) inhabiting the tropical coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific oceans
  • Cosmacanthus elegans, a synonym for †Nemacanthus elegans, an extinct species (†Paleospinacidae) from the Triassic of Idaho, United States

Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)

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Perciformes
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  • Callionymus elegans, a synonym for Callionymus lyra, the common dragonet, a species (Callionymidae) widespread in the eastern Atlantic
  • Clinus elegans, a synonym for Calliclinus geniguttatus, a marine species (Labrisomidae) native to the Pacific coast of Chile and the Atlantic coast of Argentina
  • Coryphaena elegans, a synonym for Luvaris imperialis, the louvar, a marine species (Luvaridae) found in surface waters of temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world
  • Cybiosarda elegans, a marine scombrid (Scombridae) found in coastal and oceanic waters of northern Australia and southern New Guinea
  • Crenicara elegans, a synonym for Crenicara punctulatum, the checkerboard cichlid, a species (Geophaginae) native to creeks and rivers in the Amazon and Essequibo basins in South America
  • Crenicichla elegans, a synonym for Crenicichla reticulata, a species (Cichlinae) native to South America
Cyprinodontiformes
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  • Cobitis elegans, a synonym for Triplophysa stolickai, the Tibetan stone loach, a species found in southern and central Asia
Siluriformes (catfishes)
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  • Corydoras elegans (syn. Corydorus elegans), the elegant corydoras or elegant catfish, a freshwater armored catfish (Callichthyidae) found in the Upper Amazon River basin
Cypriniformes
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Characiformes
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  • Curimata elegans or Curimatus elegans, synonyms for Steindachnerina elegans, a species found in rivers in Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Curimatus elegans paraguayensis, a synonym for Curimatella dorsalis, a species from the Orinoco, Amazon, Tocantins and Paraguay-lower Paraná River basins
Scorpaeniformes
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  • Centridermichthys elegans, a synonym for Bero elegans, a sculpin (Cottidae) native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean
Salmoniformes
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  • Coregonus elegans, a synonym for Coregonus pollan, the pollan, a freshwater whitefish (salmonidae) known only from five Irish lakes

Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes)

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  • Ceratodus elegans, an extinct lungfish (Ceratodontiformes, Ptychoceratodontidae) from the Triassic of Germany
  • Coelacanthus elegans, a synonym for Rhabdoderma elegans, an extinct coelacanth fish (Rhabdodermatidae) that lived in the Carboniferous

Lissamphibia (amphibians)

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Aves (birds)

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  • Chlorostilbon elegans, Gould's emerald, a presumed extinct hummingbird (Trochilidae) likely from Jamaica or the Bahamas
  • Charadrius elegans, a synonym for Charadrius alexandrinus, the Kentish plover, a cosmopolitan species (Charadriidae)
  • Callipepla elegans, a synonym for Callipepla douglasii, the elegant quail, a species (Odontophoridae) endemic to Pacific-slope thorn forest of northwestern Mexico
  • Coturnicops elegans, a synonym for Sarothrura elegans, the buff-spotted flufftail, a species (Sarothruridae) found in Africa
  • Calocitta elegans, a synonym for Calocitta colliei, the black-throated magpie-jay, a species (Corvidae) found in northwestern Mexico
  • Celeus elegans, the chestnut woodpecker, a species (Picidae) found in South America
  • Calodromas elegans or Calopezus elegans, synonyms for Eudromia elegans, the elegant crested tinamou or martineta tinamou, a species (Tinamidae) found in southern Chile and Argentina

Reptilia (reptiles)

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Serpentes (snakes)
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  • Calamaria elegans, a synonym for Calamaria modesta, a colubrid species (Calamariinae) found in Java
  • Coronella elegans Günther, 1858, a synonym for Taeniophallus occipitalis, a colubrid species (Dipsadinae) found in South America
  • Coronella elegans Jan, 1863, a synonym for Meizodon regularis, the eastern crowned smooth snake, a colubrid species (Colubrinae) found in Africa
  • Coluber elegans, a synonym for Psammophis elegans, the elegant sand racer, a species (Lamprophiidae) found in tropical Africa
  • Craspedocephalus elegans, a synonym for Trimeresurus elegans, the elegant pitviper, a species (Viperidae) endemic to Japan
  • Cursoria elegans or Cusoria elegans, synonyms for Eryx elegans, a species (Boidae) found in western Central Asia
Gekkonidae (geckos)
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  • Coleonyx elegans, the Yucatán banded gecko, an eyelid gecko (Eublepharinae) found in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize
  • Cyrtopodion elegans, a synonym for Cyrtopodion elongatum, the Yangihissar gecko, a species (Gekkoninae) found in northwest China and Mongolia
Testudines (turtles)
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  • Chersine elegans, a synonym for Geochelone elegans, the Indian star tortoise, a species (Testudinidae) found in dry areas and scrub forest in India and Sri Lanka
  • Chrysemys elegans, a synonym for Trachemys scripta elegans, the red-eared slider, a pond turtle (Emydidae)
  • Cyclanorbis elegans, the Nubian flapshell turtle, a softshell (Trionychidae) found in Africa
Pseudosuchia
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  • Chatterjeea elegans, a synonym for †Shuvosaurus inexpectatus, an extinct species of beaked reptiles (†Shuvosauridae) from the Late Triassic of Texas
  • Cricosaurus elegans, an extinct marine crocodyliform (Metriorhynchidae) from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
†Pterosauria
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  • Ctenochasma elegans, an extinct species of pterosaurs (†Ctenochasmatidae) of the Late Jurassic of Germany and France
Dinosauria (dinosaurs)
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  • Chirostenotes elegans, a synonym for Leptorhynchos elegans, an extinct species of oviraptorosaurian dinosaur (†Caenagnathidae) from the late Cretaceous of Alberta, Montana and South Dakota

Mammalia (mammals)

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  • Cynodictis elegans, an extinct species of bear dog (†Amphicyonidae) from the Eocene–Oligocene of Eurasia
  • Caenotherium elegans or Cainotherium elegans, synonyms for Cainotherium laticurvatum, an extinct species of rabbit-sized even-toed ungulate (†Cainotheriidae) from the Eocene-Miocene of Europe
  • Choilodon elegans, an extinct species (?Tragulidae, the chevrotains) found in phosphorites in Quercy, France
  • Chrysochloris elegans, a synonym for Chrysochloris asiatica, the Cape golden mole (Chrysochloridae) found in South Africa
  • Cayluxotherium elegans, a synonym for †Neurogymnurus cayluxi, an extinct species of hedgehogs (Erinaceidae) from the Oligocene of France
  • Camphotherium elegans or †Comphotherium elegans, synonyms for †Tetracus nanus, an extinct species of hedgehogs (Erinaceidae) from the Oligocene of Belgium, France and southern England
  • Capromys elegans, a synonym for Phloeomys cumingi, the southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat, a species (Muridae) found only in the Philippines
  • Citellus elegans, a synonym for Urocitellus elegans, the Wyoming ground squirrel, a species (Sciuridae) endemic to the northwestern United States

Hemichordata (hemichordates)

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Xenacoelomorpha

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Nematoda (nematodes or roundworms)

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Arthropoda (arthropods)

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Insecta (insects)

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†Alienoptera
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Blattodea (cockroaches)
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  • Calolampra elegans, a giant cockroach (Blaberidae) found in Queensland, Australia
  • Corydia elegans, a synonym for Eucorydia aenea, a species (Corydiidae) found in Asia
Coleoptera (beetles and weevils)
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Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles)
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Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)
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Megalopodidae
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Endomychidae (handsome fungus beetles)
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Latridiidae (minute brown scavenger beetles)
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Nitidulidae (sap beetles)
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  • Calosphaera elegans or Cryptarcha elegans, synonyms for Eucalosphaera elegans a species (Cryptarchinae) found in Perak, Malaysia
Cleridae (checkered beetles)
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Melyridae (soft-winged flower beetles)
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Curculionidae (true weevils)
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Attelabidae (leaf-rolling weevils)
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Brentidae (straight-snouted weevils)
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Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles)
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Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles)
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Lucanidae (stag beetles)
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Elateridae (click beetles)
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Cantharidae (soldier beetles)
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Lycidae (net-winged beetles)
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Buprestidae (jewel beetles)
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Elmidae (riffle beetles)
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Staphylinidae (rove beetles)
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Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetles)
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  • Creniphilus elegans, a synonym for Paracymus elegans, a species (Hydrophilinae) found in southern California
Carabidae (ground beetles)
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Coptoclavidae
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Dytiscidae (diving beetles)
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Dermaptera (earwigs)
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  • Chelisoches elegans, a synonym for Euenkrates elegans, a species (Chelisochidae) found in Sumatra and Java
Diptera (flies, mosquitoes, midges and gnats)
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Suborder Brachycera (brachyceran flies)
Infraorder Asilomorpha (asilomorphs)
Infraorder Muscomorpha (muscomorphs)
Family Syrphidae (hoverflies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Subfamily Syrphinae
Family Chloropidae (frit flies)
Other muscomorphs
Infraorder Tabanomorpha (tabanomorphs)
Family Rhagionidae (snipe flies)
Stratiomyidae (soldier flies)
  • Cyphomyia elegans, a synonym for Euparyphus elegans, a species (Stratiomyinae, Oxycerini) found in Mexico
Suborder Nematocera (mosquitoes, midges and gnats)
Infrorder Bibionomorpha (bibionomorphs)
Infrorder Tipulomorpha
Infraorder Culicomorpha
Family Chironomidae (nonbiting midges)
Family Culicidae (mosquitoes)
  • Culex elegans, a species (Culicinae), possibly a synonym for Aedes aegypti
Hemiptera (true bugs)
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Suborder Heteroptera
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Family Miridae
Infraorder Nepomorpha (true water bugs)
  • Corixa elegans, an extinct species (Corixidae) from the Oligocene of Germany
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Pentatomoidea (shield bugs)
Family Pentatomidae (stink bugs), subfamily Pentatominae
Family Plataspidae
Superfamily Coreoidea
  • Cercinthus elegans (syn. Coreus elegans), a species (Coreidae) found in the Canary Islands
Superfamily Lygaeoidea
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily Fulgoroidea (fulgoroids)
  • Calyptoproctus elegans, a lanternfly (Fulgoridae) found in Suriname, Brazil, French Guiana and Honduras
  • Cromna elegans, a synonym for Siphanta acuta, the green planthopper or the torpedo bug, a species (Flatidae)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha, superfamily Membracoidea
  • Callistrophia elegans , a synonym for Taurotettix elegans, a hopper (Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Cicadulini) found in Asia
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (aphids, whiteflies and scale insects)
Superfamily Aphidoidea (aphids or plant lice)
  • Callipterus elegans, a synonym for Tinocallis platani, a species (Aphididae, Calaphidinae) found in Europe and North America
Superfamily Psylloidea
  • Cacopsylla elegans, a species (Psyllidae) found in Japan
  • Colposcenia elegans, a species (Aphalaridae, Aphalarinae) with a Palaearctic distribution in northern and eastern Africa and the Middle East
Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps and sawflies)
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Suborder Apocrita (ants, bees and wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Pompilidae (spider wasps)
Family Formicidae (ants)
Superfamily Apoidea
Clade Anthophila (bees)
Family Apidae
  • Centris elegans, a species (Apinae) found on Saint Vincent and Grenadines
  • Crocisa elegans, a synonym for Thyreus elegans, a species (Apinae) found in Eurasia and Africa
Family Colletidae (plasterer bees)
Family Crabronidae
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea
Family Braconidae (braconid wasps)
Subfamily Braconinae
Family Ichneumonidae
  • Campodorus elegans, a parasitic wasp (Ctenopelmatinae, Mesoleiini) found in England
  • Cryptanuridimorpha elegans, a synonym for Polycyrtus vierecki, a species (Gelinae, Cryptini) found in Peru
Subfamily Campopleginae, tribe Limneriini
  • Campoplex elegans, a synonym for Dusona elegans, a parasitic wasp found in Tanzania
  • Cymodusa elegans , a synonym for Nemeritis elegans, a parasitic wasp found in Europe
Superfamily Platygastroidea
  • Calliscelio elegans (syn. Caloteleia elegans), a parasitoid wasp (Platygastridae) found on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (chalcid wasps)
  • Cerachalcis elegans or Cratocentrus elegans, synonyms for Cratocentrus ruficornis, a species (Chalcididae) found in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe
  • Chaetospila elegans or Choetospila elegans, synonyms for Theocolax elegans, a parasitic wasp (Pteromalidae) of immature stages of stored grain pest insects
  • Cheiloneurus elegans (syn. Cleonymus elegans), a parasitic wasp (Encyrtidae)
  • Chrysolampus elegans, a species (Perilampidae) with a Nearctic distribution
  • Cosmocoma elegans, a synonym for Polynema howardii, a species of fairyflies or fairy wasps (Mymaridae) with a Nearctic distribution
Superfamily Chrysidoidea
Family Chrysididae (cuckoo wasps)
Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
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Suborder Rhopalocera (butterflies)
Superfamily Papilionoidea
Family Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)
Family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
Family Pieridae
  • Colias elegans, a synonym for Colias phicomone, the mountain clouded yellow, a species (Coliadinae) found in the Cantabrian Mountains, the Pyrenees, the Carpathian Mountains and the Alps
Superfamily Hesperioidea
Family Hesperiidae (skipper butterflies)
  • Callimormus elegans, a synonym for Callimormus radiola elegans, a subspecies of the radiant skipper (Hesperiinae) found in southern Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina
  • Chapra elegans, a species
  • Cobalopsis elegans, a species (Hesperiinae) found in Ecuador
Division Ditrysia
Superfamily Pyraloidea (pyraloid moths)
Family Pyralidae (snout moths)
Family Crambidae (grass moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (curved-horn moths)
Superfamily Zygaenoidea
Family Limacodidae (slug moths)
Superfamily Lasiocampoidea
Section Cossina
Subsection Cossina
Superfamily Cossoidea
Family Cossidae (carpenter millers)
  • Callocossus elegans, a synonym for Eulophonotus elegans, a species (Zeuzerinae) found in Sierra Leone, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania
  • Costria elegans, a species (Cossinae) found in South America
Superfamily Tortricoidea, family Tortricidae (tortrix moths)
Subsection Bombycina
Superfamily Bombycoidea (bombycoid moths)
Family Sphingidae (hawk moths)
Superfamily Geometroidea
Family Geometridae (geometer moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
Subfamily Larentiinae
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (owlet moths)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (tiger moths)
Subfamily Lymantriinae
  • Calliteara elegans, a synonym for Mpanjaka elegans, a species (Lymantrini) found in Madagascar
Family Nolidae (tuft moths)
Mantodea (mantises)
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Neuroptera (net-winged insects)
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Family Ascalaphidae (owlflies)
Family Chrysopidae (green lacewings)
Family Myrmeleontidae (antlions)
Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
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Suborder Epiprocta
Suborder Zygoptera (damselflies)
  • Chlorolestes elegans, a sylph (Synlestidae) found in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe
  • Calopteryx elegans, a synonym for Calopteryx angustipennis, the Appalachian jewelwing, a species (Calopterygidae) endemic to the United States
Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers)
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Caelifera (grasshoppers)
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Ensifera
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Psocodea (bark lice, book lice and parasitic lice)
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  • Caecilius elegans, a synonym for Valenzuela elegans, a species of lizard barklice (Caeciliusidae) found in Haiti and the Hispaniola island
  • Campanulotes elegans, a species parasite on the brush bronzewing, a bird in the pigeon family endemic to Australia
  • Colpostigma elegans, a synonym for Thyrsopsocus elegans, a species (Psocidae) found in Brazil
  • Compsocus elegans, a species (Compsocidae) found in Central America
Trichoptera (caddisflies)
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Collembola (springtails)

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Branchiopoda (branchiopods)

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Spinicaudata (spinicaudatans)
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Copepoda (copepods)

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Calanoida (calanoids)
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  • Calanus elegans, a synonym for Calanus finmarchicus, a species (Calanidae) part of zooplankton found in enormous amounts in the northern Atlantic Ocean
  • Calocalanus elegans, a marine species (Calocalanidae) found in the Canaries, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and sub-Antarctic waters
  • Centropages elegans, a marine species (Centropagidae)
Cyclopoida (cyclopoids)
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Siphonostomatoida
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  • Caligus elegans or Caligulus elegans, synonyms for Caligus curtus, a sea louse (Caligidae) parasite of the Atlantic cod
  • Collocheres elegans, a species (Asterocheridae) found in the British Isles and western Norway infesting the black brittle star

Malacostraca (malacostracans)

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Isopoda (isopods)
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  • Cancricepon elegans (syn. Cepon elegans), a species that parasitises the crab Pilumnus hirtellus from French and Great Britain's waters
  • Clianella elegans, a synonym for Dynoides elegans, a species found in California
  • Cymothoa elegans, a parasitic species found in the Java Sea
Cumacea (cumaceans)
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Decapoda (decapods)
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Amphipoda (amphipods)
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Ostracoda (ostracods)

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Halocyprida
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†Palaeocopida
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  • Cystomatochilina elegans, an extinct species (†Eurychilinidae) from the Silurian of central Bohemia, Czech Republic
Podocopida
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Family Cytheridae
Family Cyprididae
Family Leptocytheridae

Arachnida (arachnids)

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Araneae (spiders)
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Infraorder Mygalomorphae (mygalomorphs)
Family Dipluridae (funnel-web tarantulas)
Family Theraphosidae (tarantulas)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (araneomorphs)
Family Eutichuridae
Family Gnaphosidae (ground spiders)
Family Linyphiidae (sheet weavers)
Family Salticidae (jumping spiders)
  • Chalcoscirtus elegans, a synonym for Rogmocrypta elegans a species (Hisponinae) found in New Caledonia and the Philippines
  • Cyrene elegans, a synonym for Phiale elegans, a species found in Panama
Family Stiphidiidae (sheetweb spiders)
Family Tetragnathidae (long-jawed orb weavers)
  • Callinethis elegans, a synonym for Opadometa fastigata, the pear-shaped leucauge, a species (Leucauginae) found in India to the Philippines and Sulawesi
Family Theridiidae
  • Chrysso elegans, a synonym for Chrysso albomaculata, a species found in the United States, the West Indies to Brazil
Pseudoscorpiones (pseudoscorpions)
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Superfamily Cheliferoidea, family Chernetidae
Superfamily Cheiridioidea
Superfamily Chthonioidea
Superfamily Garypoidea
Opiliones (harvestmen)
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Scorpiones (scorpions)
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Acari (mites)

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†Trilobita (trilobites)

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  • Conocephalites elegans, a synonym for †Bailiaspis elegans, an extinct species (†Conocoryphidae) from the Cambrian
  • Coronocephalus elegans, an extinct species (†Encrinuridae) from the Silurian of China
  • Costonia elegans, a species (†Trinucleidae) from the Ordovician of South Shropshire, England
  • Cyclagnostus elegans, a synonym for Acmarhachis elegans, an extinct species (†Agnostidae) from the Upper Cambrian of the USSR

Myriapoda (myriapods)

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Mollusca (molluscs)

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Gastropoda (gastropods)

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Clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily †Paleostyloidea
  • Cheilotomona elegans, an extinct marine species (†Goniasmatidae) from the Triassic of Guizhou Province, China
Clade Architaenioglossa, superfamily Cyclophoroidea
Clade Hypsogastropoda
Clade Littorinimorpha
  • Capulus elegans (syn. Capula elegans), a sea snail (Capulidae)
  • Constantia elegans, a sea snail (Vanikoridae) found in Japan
  • Cyclostoma elegans, a synonym for Pomatias elegans, the round-mouthed snail, a land snail (Pomatiidae) common in southern Europe
  • Cyclostrema elegans, a synonym for Adeorbis elegans, a sea snail (Tornidae)
  • Cypraedia elegans (syn. Cypraea elegans or Cypraeovula elegans), a sea snail (Pediculariidae) from the Eocene Europe
Superfamily Naticoidea
  • Choristes elegans, a synonym for Amauropsis islandica, the Iceland moonsnail, a predatory sea snail (Naticidae)
Superfamily Rissooidea
  • Caecum elegans, a synonym for Caecum trachea, a minute sea snail (Caecidae) found on rocky shores in European waters
  • Cingula elegans, a synonym for Peringiella elegans, a species (Rissoidae)
Superfamily Stromboidea
  • Chenopus elegans, a synonym for †Digitolabrum elegans, an extinct species (Aporrhaidae) from the Eocene of Egypt
Clade Neogastropoda
  • Cancellaria elegans, a synonym for Merica elegans, the elegant nutmeg, a sea snail (Cancellariidae) found off the Philippines, Indonesia, western Thailand and Queensland
  • Coronium elegans, a sea snail (Muricidae) found off the southeastern coast of Brazil
  • Cryptospira elegans, a sea snail (Marginellidae) found in Asia
Superfamily Buccinoidea
  • Cantharus elegans, a true whelk (Buccinidae) found in Panama and Mexico
  • Columbella elegans, a synonym for Cotonopsis turrita, a sea snail (Columbellidae) found in western America
Clade Neogastropoda, superfamily Conoidea
Family Conidae
  • Conasprella elegans (syn. Conus elegans G. B. Sowerby III, 1895), a sea snail found from Somalia to Pakistan and off Western Australia
  • Conus elegans Schepman, 1913, a synonym for Conasprella comatosa, a sea snail found in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, the Philippines, northwest Australia, New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands
Family Drilliidae
Informal group Ptenoglossa, superfamily Triphoroidea
  • Cerithiopsida elegans (syn. Cerithiopsis elegans), a sea snail (Newtoniellidae) found in the Kuril Islands
Clade Sorbeoconcha, superfamily Cerithioidea
Clade Heterobranchia, clade Euthyneura
  • Caloria elegans, a colorful sea slug (Facelinidae) found in European waters
  • Chilina elegans, an air-breathing freshwater snail (Chilinidae) found in Chile
  • Chromodoris elegans, a synonym for Felimare picta, a sea slug (Chromodorididae) found throughout the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern North Atlantic Ocean
  • Chrysallida elegans, a synonym for Liamorpha elegans, a sea snail (Pyramidellidae) found in the European waters
  • Coenocharopa elegans, the elegant pinwheel snail, an air-breathing land snail (Charopidae) found in Queensland, Australia
Informal group Opisthobranchia
Clade Euopisthobranchia, clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily Philinoidea
  • Chelidonura elegans, a synonym for Chelidonura hirundinina, a sea slug (Aglajidae) found in the western Indo-Pacific and the Caribbean Sea
Clade Panpulmonata, clade Eupulmonata, clade Stylommatophora
Informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily Clausilioidea
Superfamily Punctoidea
Clade Vetigastropoda
  • Choristes elegans var. tenera, a synonym for Choristella tenera, a sea snail (Lepetellidae) found in the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey and North Carolina, United States
Superfamily Seguenzioidea
Superfamily Trochoidea
  • Calliostoma elegans, a synonym for Laetifautor elegans, a sea snail (Calliostomatidae) found in Japan
  • Chunula elegans, a synonym for Liotella elegans, a marine species (Skeneidae) found off the Northern Territory, Australia

Bivalvia (bivalves)

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  • Caestocorbula elegans, an extinct saltwater clam from the Eocene of Belgium
  • Callista elegans, an extinct clam (Veneridae) from the Eocene of France
  • Callocardia elegans, a synonym for Dosinia concentrica, the West Indian dosinia, a species of saltwater clam (Veneridae) found in Caribbean waters
  • Carbonicola elegans, an extinct species of saltwater clams (Anthracosiidae) that lived during the Carboniferous period of the United Kingdom
  • Cavilucina elegans Fischer, 1887, an extinct species (Lucinidae) from the Lutetian of France
  • Cavilucina elegans (Deshayes, 1823) or Corbis elegans, a synonym for Fimbria soverbii, a species (Fimbriidae)
  • Cetoconcha elegans (syn. Cribrosoconcha elegans), a saltwater clam (Poromyidae)
  • Chama elegans, Centrocardita elegans or Cardita elegans (Requien, 1848), synonyms for Centrocardita aculeata, a marine clam (Carditidae) found in the Mediterranean Sea and the European part of the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Clavagella elegans, an extinct marine species (Clavagellidae) from the Cretaceous of Algeria
  • Corbicula elegans, an extinct species of fresh and brackish water clams (Cyrenidae)
  • Corbulamella elegans (syn. Corbula elegans), an extinct clam from the Cretaceous of France
  • Crassostrea elegans (syn. †Cubitostrea elegans), an extinct species of true oysters (Ostreidae)
  • Crenella elegans, an extinct species (Mytilidae) from the Lutecian of France
  • Crenatula elegans, a synonym for Crenatula picta, a marine species (Pteriidae) known from Madagascar and the Red Sea
  • Cucullaea elegans, an extinct species of false ark shells (Cucullaeidae) from the north of Germany
  • Cumingia elegans, a synonym for Thyellisca lamellosa, a marine clam (Semelidae)
  • Cuspidaria elegans, a species (Cuspidariidae) found in Indonesia, the Philippines and the South China Sea
  • Cyclas elegans, a synonym for Sphaerium rhomboideum, the rhomboid fingernailclam, a freshwater species (Sphaeriidae) found in North America
  • Cyclocardia elegans (syn. Cardita elegans (Lamarck, 1806)), an extinct clam (Carditidae) from the Eocene of France
  • Cypricardinia elegans, an extinct species (Cardiniidae) from the Devonian of Maryland, United States

†Ammonoidea (ammonites)

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  • Cancelloceras elegans, an extinct species (Gastrioceratidae) from the Carboniferous of the Russian Federation, Navada (United States) and Uzbekistan
  • Ceccaisculitoides elegans, an extinct species (Paragoceratidae) from the Triassic of Nevada
  • Cleviceras elegans, an extinct species (Hildoceratidae) from the Early Jurassic of Europe, Siberia and Canada
  • Crendonites elegans, a species from the Upper Jurassic of Greenland
  • Crioceras elegans (probable synonym of †Crioceratites elegans), an extinct species (Crioceratitidae) from the Cretaceous of Germany
  • Crioceratites elegans, an extinct species (Crioceratitidae) from the Early Cretaceous
  • Paraceratites elegans (synonym †Ceratites elegans), an extinct species from the Triassic of China and Israel

Nautiloidea (nautiloids)

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  • Cymatoceras elegans, a species (Cymatoceratidae) from the Cretaceous of Switzerland and the United Kingdom

Aplacophora

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Scaphopoda (scaphopods)

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Polyplacophora (chitons)

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Mollusca incertae sedis (gastropods or monoplacophorans)

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  • Conradella elegans or †Cyrtolites elegans, synonyms for †Phragmolites elegans, an extinct species (†Bucaniidae) from the Ordovician of Ohio

Bryozoa (bryozoans)

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  • Callocladia elegans, an extinct species (†Crustoporidae) from the Devonian or Carboniferous of the Park City Formation in Idaho, Wyoming and Utah
  • Carbasea elegans, a species (Flustridae) found in Australia
  • Catenicella elegans, a species (Catenicellidae) found in New Zealand
  • Characodoma elegans, a species (Cleidochasmatidae) found in the South China Sea
  • Cinctipora elegans, a species (Cinctiporidae) found in New Zealand
  • Clausotrypa elegans, an extinct species (Nikiforovellidae) from the Permian of northeast China
  • Coscinium elegans, an extinct species (†Hexagonellidae) from the Paleozoic rocks of the western states and territories of the United States
  • Coscinopleura elegans, an extinct species (Coscinopleuridae) from the Paleocene of Denmark
  • Crisia elegans, a species (Crisiidae) from Cape of Good Hope in South Africa
  • Cupuladria elegans, a species (Cupuladriidae) from the Nansha Islands sea area
  • Cyrtopora elegans, an extinct marine species from the Cretaceous of Europe
  • Cystodictya elegans, an extinct species (†Cystodictyonidae) from the Upper Carboniferous of Oklahoma, United States

Brachiopoda (brachiopods)

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  • Camarotoechia elegans, an extinct species (†Trigonirhynchiidae) from the Ordovician and Silurian of the Siberian platform
  • Caucasorhynchia elegans, an extinct species (Allorhynchidae) known from the Triassic of Slovakia
  • Chonetes elegans L.B. Smyth 1922, a synonym for †Chonetes speciosus, an extinct species (†Chonetidae) found in Ireland
  • Chonetes elegans L. G. de Koninck, 1847, a synonym for †Plicochonetes elegans, an extinct species (†Rugosochonetidae)
  • Cleiothyridina elegans, an extinct species (Athyrididae) from the Mississippian of Oklahoma
  • Craniops elegans, an extinct species (Craniopsidae) from the Ordovician of Estonia
  • Crinistrophia elegans, a synonym for †Douvillinella (Crinistrophia) elegans, an extinct species (†Douvillinidae) from the Devonian of the Czech Republic and Germany
  • Cubanothyris elegans, an extinct species (†Angustothyrididae) from the Triassic of Russian Federation
  • Cyclothyris elegans, an extinct species (†Cyclothyrididae) from the Mastrichian (Upper Cretaceous) of Belgium

Nemertea (nemertean worms)

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Annelida (annelids)

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  • Chrysopetalum elegans, a synonym for Bhawania goodei, a species (Chrysopetalidae) found in tropical waters around the world
  • Corephorus elegans, a synonym for Terebellides stroemii, a species (Terebellidae)

Rotifera (rotifers)

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  • Callidina elegans, the graceful callidina, a freshwater species (Adinetidae)
  • Cephalodella elegans, a species (Notommatidae) found on Mount Desert Island, in Hancock County, Maine, United States

Platyhelminthes (flatworms)

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Monogenea

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  • Calceostoma elegans, a synonym for Calceostoma calceostoma, a species (Calceostomatidae) parasite of the brown meagre (Sciaena umbra) in the Mediterranean

Rhabditophora

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  • Cicerina elegans, a species (Cicerinidae) from the bay of Great Peter of the Sea of Japan

Trematoda (trematodes)

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Cercarial forms

Cercaria can be used as a genus to specify the larval form of a species. Cercaria elegans may refer to such species as Bucephalus elegans or Plagiorchis elegans or Transversotrema elegans

Plagiorchiida
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Turbellaria

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  • Cylindrostoma elegans, a synonym for Pseudostomum klostermanni, a marine species (Pseudostomidae) found in the Black and Mediterranean seas and in the European waters of the North Atlantic Ocean

Gastrotricha (gastrotrichs)

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Chitinozoa (chitinozoans)

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Fungi

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Ascomycota (ascomycetes or sac fungi)

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Arthoniomycetes

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Dothideomycetes

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  • Capnodium elegans, a synonym for Acrogenotheca elegans, a species (Capnodiaceae) found in Australia and New Zealand
  • Cladosporium elegans, a plant pathogen (Davidiellaceae) found on leaves of oranges in Italy

Laboulbeniomycetes

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Lecanoromycetes

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  • Caloplaca elegans or Callopisma elegans, synonyms for Xanthoria elegans, a species of lichenized fungi (Teloschistaceae) with a circumpolar and alpine distribution
  • Cenomyce elegans, a species of lichenized fungi (Cladoniaceae)
  • Chiliospora elegans, a synonym for Myriospora elegans, a species of lichenized fungi (Acarosporaceae)

Leotiomycetes

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Orbiliomycetes

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Sordariomycetes

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Ascomycota incertae sedis

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Basidiomycota (basidiomycetes)

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Agaricomycetes

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  • Calcarisporium elegans a species (Catathelasmataceae) known from São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Clitocybe elegans, a synonym for Armillaria heimii, a species (Physalacriaceae) that causes root rot on tea trees in eastern Africa
  • Collybia elegans a synonym for Marasmius elegans, the velvet parachute, a species (Marasmiaceae) found in eucalypt forests in Australia
  • Conocybe elegans, a species (Bolbitiaceae) found in Denmark
  • Cortinarius elegans, a species (Cortinariaceae)
  • Cyathus elegans, a synonym for Cyathus stercoreus, the dung-loving bird's nest, a species (Nidulariaceae)
  • Cystodermella elegans (syn. Cystoderma elegans), a species (Agaricaceae) found in the Congo
  • Cyphella elegans (syn. Chaetocypha elegans), a species (Cyphellaceae), possibly an unavailable name
  • Coniophora elegans, a species (Coniophoraceae)
  • Cricunopus elegans, a synonym for Suillus grevillei, Greville's bolete or larch bolete, a species (Suillaceae) found in Europe and Asia
  • Caromyxa elegans, Caryomyxa elegans or Corynites elegans, synonyms for Mutinus elegans, the elegant stinkhorn, the dog stinkhorn, the headless stinkhorn or the devil's dipstick, a species (Phallaceae) found in Japan, Europe and eastern North America
  • Colus elegans, a synonym for Pseudocolus fusiformis, the stinky squid, a species (Phallaceae) found in the United States, Australia, Japan, Java and the Philippines
  • Cantharellus elegans Berk. & Broome, 1875, a synonym for Merulius berkeleyi, a species (Meruliaceae)
  • Cymatoderma elegans (syn. Cladoderris elegans), a species (Meruliaceae) found in Indonesia

Cystobasidiomycetes

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Pucciniomycetes

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  • Caeoma elegans, a species (not yet assigned to a family)
  • Caeomurus elegans or Coeomurus elegans, synonyms for Uromyces elegans, a species (Pucciniaceae)

Blastocladiomycota

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Chytridiomycota

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Mucoromycota

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Archaeplastida

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Rhodophyta (red algae)

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Stylonematophyceae

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  • Callonema elegans, a synonym for Stylonema alsidii (Stylonemataceae), a marine species with a worldwide distribution

Florideophyceae

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  • Calocladia elegans, a synonym for Delisea elegans, a species (Bonnemaisoniaceae)
  • Callithamnion elegans, a synonym for Gymnothamnion elegans, a species (Wrangeliaceae) found in South Africa
  • Capraella elegans, a synonym for Martensia elegans, a species (Delesseriaceae) found in South Africa
  • Ceramium elegans or Conferva elegans, synonyms for Ceramium diaphanum var. elegans, a red alga (Ceramiaceae)
  • Colaconema elegans, a marine species (Colaconemataceae) found in Korea, California and Brazil

Rhodophyceae

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  • Cheilosporum elegans, a synonym for Jania cultrata, a species (Corallinoideae)
  • Corallina elegans, a species (Corallinoideae) from the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Corallina elegans Lenormand ex Areschoug, 1852, a synonym for Jania rubens var. corniculata, a subspecies (Corallinoideae)

Green algae

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Chlorophyta (chlorophytes)

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Charophyta (charophytes)

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Non-vascular plants

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Marchantiophyta (liverworts)

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Bryophyta (mosses)

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Tracheophyta (vascular plants)

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Division Pteridophyta (ferns), class Pteridopsida (leptosporangiate ferns)

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Order Polypodiales (or Athyriales)
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  • Cyclosorus elegans, a species (Thelypteridaceae) found in China

Unranked Spermatophyta (spermatophytes), division Cycadophyta, class Cycadopsida (cycads)

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Order and family unknown
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Spermatophytes, division †Pteridospermatophyta (seed ferns)

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Order †Medullosales
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Family †Cyclopteridaceae
  • Cyclopteris elegans Lesquereux, 1854, an extinct species from the Carboniferous of Pennsylvania, United States
  • Cyclopteris elegans Unger, 1856
  • Cyclopteris elegans Achepohl, 1883, an extinct species from Westphalia, Germany

Spermatophytes, basal angiosperms

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Order Nymphaeales
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  • Castalia elegans, a synonym for Nymphaea elegans, the tropical royalblue water-lily, an aquatic plant (Nymphaeaceae) found in Louisiana, Florida and Texas in the United States, in Oaxaca in Mexico and in Antioquia in Colombia

Spermatophytes, angiosperms (flowering plants), dicotyledons

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Eudicots, asterids, order Asterales
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Family Asteraceae
Subfamily Asteroideae
  • Calea elegans, a synonym for Perymenium acuminatum, a species (Heliantheae) found in Mexico
  • Calostelma elegans, a synonym for Liatris elegans, the pinkscale gayfeather, pinkscale blazingstar or elegant blazingstar, a species (Eupatorieae) native to the southeastern United States
  • Calycadenia elegans, a synonym for Calycadenia pauciflora, the smallflower western rosinweed, a species (Madieae) found in California
  • Chaetopappa elegans, a synonym for Ionactis elegans, the Sierra Blanca least-daisy, a species (Astereae) found only in New Mexico in the western United States
  • Chevreulia elegans, a synonym for Chevreulia acuminata, a species (Gnaphalieae) found in South America
  • Chrysothamnus elegans, a synonym for Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus subsp. lanceolatus, the yellow rabbitbrush or green rabbitbrush, a species (Astereae) found in North America
  • Coreopsis elegans or Calliopsis elegans, two synonyms for Coreopsis tinctoria, the plains coreopsis, a species (Coreopsideae) common to much of the United States
  • Crassina elegans, a synonym for Zinnia elegans, a species (Heliantheae) native to Mexico
Subfamily Carduoideae
  • Centaurea elegans, a synonym for Centaurea cineraria, the velvet centaurea, a species (Cynareae) found in Italy
  • Cousinia elegans, a synonym for Cousinia multiloba, a species (Cynareae) found in Afghanistan
Subfamily Cichorioideae
  • Cacalia elegans, a synonym for Lessingianthus elegans, a species (Vernonieae) found in Bolivia
  • Crepis elegans, a synonym for Askellia elegans, the elegant hawksbeard, a species (Cichorieae) found in North America
Subfamily Mutisioideae
Family Campanulaceae
  • Campanula elegans, a species (Campanuloideae)
  • Clintonia elegans, a synonym for Downingia elegans, the elegant calicoflower or Californian lobelia, a species (Lobelioideae) native to western North America from California to British Columbia
Eudicots, asterids, order Lamiales
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  • Caldenbachia elegans, a synonym for Stenandrium pohlii, Portuguese names caiapiá or carapiá, a species (Acanthaceae) native to the Cerrado and Pantanal vegetation of Brazil
  • Callitriche elegans, a synonym for Callitriche palustris, the spiny water starwort, a species of aquatic plants (Plantaginaceae)
  • Castilleja elegans, the elegant Indian paintbrush, a herbaceous plant (Orobanchaceae) found in Canada
  • Chionanthus elegans, a synonym for Chionanthus crassifolius, a species (Oleaceae) found in Brazil
  • Citharexylum elegans, a synonym for Rhaphithamnus venustus, the Juan Bueno, a species (Verbenaceae) endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands, an archipelago west of Chile
  • Clytostoma elegans, synonym of Bignonia noterophila
Family Gesneriaceae
Family Lamiaceae
Eudicots, asterids, order Gentianales
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Family Apocynaceae
Family Rubiaceae
Eudicots, asterids, order Solanales
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Nightshades (family Solanaceae)
Family Convolvulaceae
  • Convolvulus elegans, a synonym for Bonamia elegans, a plant found in Myanmar
  • Cuscuta elegans, a synonym for Cuscuta babylonica var. elegans, a species found in Iraq and Turkmenistan
Eudicots, asterids, order Apiales
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Family Apiaceae
  • Carum elegans, a synonym for Bunium elegans, a species (Apioideae, Pyramidoptereae) found in Syria
  • Chaerophyllum elegans, a species (Apioideae, Scandiceae, Scandicinae) found in the Alps from Switzerland, France and Italy
  • Cryptotaenia elegans, also known in Spanish as perejil de Monteverde (parsley of Monteverde), a species (Apioideae, Oenantheae) endemic to the Canary Islands
Eudicots, asterids, order Ericales
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  • Chrysophyllum elegans Raunk. ex Warm., a synonym for Chrysophyllum flexuosum, a tree (Sapotaceae) found in Brazil
  • Chrysophyllum elegans (Vink) Baehni, a synonym for Pycnandra decandra subsp. coriacea, a tree (Sapotaceae) found in New Caledonia
  • Cleyera elegans, a synonym for Freziera undulata, a species (Pentaphylacaceae) found in the Caribbean
  • Cyclamen elegans, a plant (Primulaceae) found in northern Iran and southeastern Azerbaijan
Eudicots, rosids, order Celastrales
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  • Celastrinites elegans, an extinct species (Celastraceae) from the Eocene Florissant fossil bed of Colorado
Eudicots, rosids, order Malvales
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Family Cistaceae
  • Cistus elegans, a synonym for Cistus salviifolius, the sage-leaved rock-rose, salvia cistus or Gallipoli rose, a species native to the Mediterranean region, in southern Europe and parts of western Asia and North Africa
Family Malvaceae
Eudicots, rosids, order Myrtales
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Family Myrtaceae
Family Melastomataceae
  • Carionia elegans, a species
  • Clidemia elegans, a synonym for Clidemia hirta, the soapbush or Koster's curse, an invasive species found in many tropical regions of the world
Other families
Eudicots, rosids, order Fabales
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Family Fabaceae (legumes)
Eudicots, rosids, order Fagales
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Family Casuarinaceae
  • Casuarina elegans, a synonym for Allocasuarina littoralis, the black sheoak, black she-oak or river black-oak, a species endemic to Australia
Eudicots, rosids, order Malpighiales
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Family Salicaceae
Family Euphorbiaceae
  • Chamaesyce elegans, a synonym for Euphorbia elegans, a species (Euphorbioideae)
  • Claoxylon elegans, a synonym for Claoxylon longifolium, a species (Acalyphoideae) found in Assam, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Caroline Islands
Crotonoids (subfamily Crotonoideae)
  • Codiaeum elegans, a synonym for Codiaeum variegatum, the garden croton or variegated croton, a plant (Codiaeae) native to Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and the western Pacific Ocean islands
  • Croton elegans, a synonym of Croton ferrugineus, a shrub (Crotoneae) native to western South America and northern Brazil
Family Calophyllaceae
Eudicots, rosids, order Brassicales
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  • Capparis elegans (syn. Capparidastrum elegans), a species (Capparaceae) found in Brazil
  • Corynandra elegans, the elegant spider-flower, a species (Cleomaceae) found in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, India
Family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • Capsella elegans, a synonym for Capsella bursa-pastoris, the shepherd's purse, a species native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor but naturalized elsewhere
  • Chorispora elegans or Chorispermum elegans, synonyms for Chorispora sabulosa, a species found in China and Pakistan
  • Clypeola elegans, a species found in Turkey
Eudicots, rosids, order Rosales
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Family Rhamnaceae
  • Ceanothus elegans, a synonym for Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, the blueblossom or blue blossom ceanothus, a species endemic to California
Family Rosaceae
Eudicots, rosids, order Sapindales
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Family Burseraceae
Family Rutaceae
Family Sapindaceae
  • Cardiospermum elegans, a synonym for Cardiospermum grandiflorum, the balloon vine, heart pea or heart seed, a climbing plant found in Argentina and Brazil
  • Cupania elegans, a horticultural name (a name that has never been validly published in scientific literature) for a species (Sapindoideae)
Eudicots, rosids, order Geraniales
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Family Geraniaceae
Family Vivianiaceae
Eudicots, rosids, order Vitales
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Family Vitaceae
Eudicots, rosids, order Cucurbitales
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Family Begoniaceae
  • Casparya elegans, a synonym for Begonia foliosa, a species found in Colombia and Venezuela
Family Cucurbitaceae
Eudicots, order Ranunculales
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Family Menispermaceae
  • Cocculus elegans, a synonym for Cocculus orbiculatus, the queen coralbead, a woody vine found from India east to Java
  • Cyclea elegans, a species found in Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo
Family Papaveraceae
  • Corydalis elegans (syn. Capnoides elegans), a species (Fumarioideae) found in India, China and the western Himalayas
Family Ranunculaceae
Eudicots, core eudicots, order Caryophyllales
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Family Cactaceae (cacti)
Eudicots, core eudicots, order Santalales
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  • Comandra elegans, a synonym for Comandra umbellata, the bastard toadflax, umbellate bastard toadflax or common comandra, a species found in North America and the Mediterranean
Eudicots, core eudicots, order Saxifragales
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Magnoliids, order Laurales
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Family Lauraceae

Flowering plants, monocotyledons

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Commelinids, order Arecales
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Family Arecaceae (palms)
  • Calamus elegans, a species (Calamoideae)
  • Calyptrocalyx elegans, a species (Arecoideae) found in Papua New Guinea and the nearby Maluku Islands
  • Caryota elegans, a species (Coryphoideae, Caryoteae)
  • Chamaedorea elegans (syn. Collinia elegans), the neanthe bella palm or parlour palm, a species (Arecoideae, Hyophorbeae) native to the rainforests in southern Mexico and Guatemala
  • Chamaerops elegans, a synonym for Chamaerops humilis, the European fan palm or the Mediterranean dwarf palm, a cold-hardy species (Coryphoideae, Trachycarpeae) used in landscaping in temperate climates
  • Coccothrinax elegans, a species (Coryphoideae) found in Cuba
  • Cyphophoenix elegans, a species found only in New Caledonia
  • Cyrtostachys elegans, a species (Arecoideae) endemic to New Guinea
Family Dasypogonaceae
Commelinids, order Poales
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Family Cyperaceae (sedges)
  • Carex elegans, a synonym for Carex limosa, the mud sedge and shore sedge, a species found across North America and Eurasia
  • Cyperus elegans, the royal flatsedge, a species from Central and South America
Family Eriocaulaceae
Family Poaceae (bamboos and grasses)
Subfamily Chloridoideae
  • Calotheria elegans, a synonym for Enneapogon elegans, a species (Eragrostideae) found in Myanmar and Tamil Nadu, India
  • Chloris elegans, a synonym for Chloris virgata, the feather fingergrass or feather windmill grass, a species native to many of the warmer temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of the world
  • Ctenium elegans (syn. Campulosus elegans), a species found from Senegal to the Sudan
Subfamily Panicoideae
Subfamily Pooideae (cool-season grasses)
  • Calamagrostis elegans, a synonym for Calamagrostis eminens, a species (Poeae, Agrostidinae) found in South America
  • Calotheca elegans or Chascolytrum elegans, synonyms for Chascolytrum brizoides, a species (Poeae, Brizinae) found in Buenos Aires, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul and Biobio
  • Cynosurus elegans (syn. Chrysurus elegans), a species (Poeae, Cynosurinae) found in southern Europe, northern Africa, Middle East and Turkmenistan
Subfamily Bambusoideae (bamboos)
Commelinids, order Commelinales
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Family Commelinaceae
  • Callisia elegans, a synonym for Callisia gentlei var. elegans, a subspecies (Commelinoideae) found in Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala and Honduras
  • Commelina elegans, a synonym for Commelina erecta, the white mouth dayflower or slender dayflower, a perennial herb native throughout the Americas, Africa and western Asia
Commelinids, order Zingiberales
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  • Calathea elegans, a plant (Marantaceae) found in Colombia and Panama
  • Canna elegans, a synonym for Canna glauca, a species (Cannaceae) from the wetlands of tropical America
  • Costus elegans, a synonym for Costus malortieanus, a species (Costaceae) found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras
Order Asparagales
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Family Amaryllidaceae
  • Crinum elegans, a synonym for Crinum lorifolium, a species (Amaryllidoideae) found in India and Myanmar
Family Asparagaceae
  • Caloscilla elegans, a synonym for Scilla peruviana, the Portuguese squill, a species (Scilloideae) native to the western Mediterranean region in Iberia, Italy and northwest Africa
Family Iridaceae
Family Orchidaceae (orchids)
Subfamily Orchidoideae (orchidoid orchids)
Subfamily Epidendroideae (epidendroid orchids)
  • Cattleya elegans, a synonym for Cattleya × elegans, a hybrid (Epidendreae, Laeliinae) found in Brazil
  • Cestichis elegans, a synonym for Liparis elegans, a species (Malaxideae) found in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
  • Cirrhopetalum elegans, an epiphytic species (Dendrobieae, Bulbophyllinae) found in Malaya
  • Cleisostoma elegans, a synonym for Cleisostoma williamsoni, Williamson's cleisostom, a species (Vandeae) found in Asia
  • Crocodeilanthe elegans, a synonym of Stelis roseopunctata
  • Cymbidium elegans (syn. Cyperorchis elegans), a species (Cymbidieae) found in southwestern China
  • Crepidium elegans, a species (Malaxideae) found in Malesia
  • Cyrtopodium elegans, a synonym for Tetramicra canaliculata, a species (Epidendreae, Laeliinae) found in Florida, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and the Lesser Antilles
  • Cephalanthera elegans, a synonym for Cephalanthera erecta, a species (Neottieae, Limodorinae) found in China, Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Bhutan, Assam and eastern Himalayas
Subfamily Cypripedioideae (lady's-slippers)
Order Liliales
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Family Liliaceae
  • Calochortus elegans (synonym Cyclobothra elegans (Pursh) Benth.), the elegant mariposa lily or cat's ear, a plant found in the western United States from northern California to Montana
  • Cyclobothra elegans Torr., a synonym for Calochortus coeruleus, the beavertail grass or blue star tulip, a species endemic to California
Order Pandanales
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Family Cyclanthaceae

Vascular plants, division Pteridophyta (ferns), class Polypodiopsida

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Order Hymenophyllales
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Order Polypodiales (polypod ferns)
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Vascular plants, division Pteridophyta (ferns), class Pteridopsida

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Order Cyatheales (tree ferns)
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Vascular plants, division Pinophyta (conifers)

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Class Pinopsida, order Pinales
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Family Cupressaceae
Family Pinaceae
  • Cedrus elegans, a synonym for Cedrus libani, the cedar of Lebanon or Lebanon cedar, a species native to the mountains of the eastern Mediterranean basin

Plants awaiting allocation

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SAR supergroup

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Rhizaria

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Foraminifera

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  • Cassidulina elegans, a synonym for Globocassidulina elegans, a marine species (Cassidulinidae) found in the Japanese and New Zealand exclusive economic zones
  • Cibicides elegans, an extinct species (Cibicididae) from the Tertiary of the Dominican Republic
  • Cibusoides elegans, a benthonic species (Heterolepidae) from the Pacific Ocean
  • Cyclammina elegans, an extinct species (Cyclamminidae) from the Cretaceous of Trinidad and from New Zealand
  • Cuneolina elegans, an extinct species (†Cuneolinidae) from the Lower Paleogene of Austria
  • Clavulina elegans, a synonym for †Arenodosaria antipodum, an extinct species (Eggerellidae) known from the Miocene of New Zealand

Radiozoa (radiolarians)

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  • Cana elegans, an extinct species (†Pantanelliidae) from the Cretaceous of northwest Turkey
  • Cenellipsis elegans, a species (incertae sedis) from the Paleocene of western Kuban
  • Cromyatractus elegans, a species (incertae sedis) from the northwestern Pacific Ocean

Cercozoa

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  • Castanidium elegans, a species (Castanellidae) found in the Sargasso Sea and in the current around the Canary Islands

Alveolata (alveolates)

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Ciliophora (ciliates)

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  • Chromidina elegans, a species (Opalinopsidae) parasite of the cuttlefish Sepia elegans described from Naples, Italy
  • Cryptochilum elegans, a synonym for Uronema elegans, a species (Uronematidae) found in Norway

Dinoflagellata (dinoflagellates)

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  • Centrodinium elegans, a synonym for Oxytoxum elegans, a species (Oxytoxaceae) found in the Gulf of Mexico, the Lebanese exclusive economic zone waters and the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Corythodinium elegans, a species (Oxytoxaceae) with a worldwide distribution
  • Ceratium elegans Schröder, 1906, a synonym for Tripos elegans, a species (Ceratiaceae)
  • Clathroctenocystis elegans, an extinct species (Microdiniaceae) from the Cretaceous of Alaska, United States
  • Cleistosphaeridium elegans, a synonym for †Impletosphaeridium elegans, an extinct species (incertae sedis) from the Early Tertiary

Stramenopiles (heterokonts)

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Xanthophyceae (yellow-green algae)

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  • Characiopsis elegans, a freshwater species (Characiopsidaceae) described from Arkansas, North America, and Brazil, South America

Chrysophyceae (golden-brown algae)

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  • Chromulina elegans, a freshwater species (Chromulinaceae) found in Europe, South America and Asia
  • Chrysococcus elegans (syn. Chrysococcocystis elegans), a freshwater species (Dinobryaceae) found in North America

Bacillariophyceae (diatoms)

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Coscinodiscophyceae
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Other eukaryotes

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Amoebozoa

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  • Centropyxiella elegans, a species of family Centropyxidae found in the European waters of the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Cribraria elegans, a slime mold of family Cribrariaceae found in the United States, Europe and Japan

Choanoflagellata

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Haptophyta (haptophytes)

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Cryptophyta (cryptomonads or cryptophytes)

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  • Chroomonas elegans, a species (Chroomonadaceae) found in Lake Neusiedl, at the Austria-Hungarian border

Acritarcha (acritarchs)

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Bacteria

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  • Cyanonephron elegans, a freshwater species (Synechococcaceae) described in the Netherlands, Russia and Australia

Domain incertae sedis

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  • Clonophycus elegans, an extinct species of microalgae found in the Barney Creek Formation of the Middle Proterozoic of northern Australia

Species names sorted in alphabetical order

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See also

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