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; Schulze, 1886
Synonyms
	Caulophacus (Caulophacus) elegans Schulze, 1886

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.

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[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

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