Caulophacus elegans is a species of glass sponges belonging to the subfamily Lanuginellinae.[2] The type specimen has been found in Central Kuroshio Current, near Japan.
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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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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References
edit- ^ 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
- ^ Van Soest RW, Boury-Esnault N, Hooper JN, Rützler K, de Voogd NJ, de Glasby BA, Hajdu E, Pisera AB, Manconi R, Schoenberg C, Janussen D, Tabachnick KR, Klautau M, Picton B, Kelly M, Vacelet J, eds. (2023). "Caulophacus elegans Schulze, 1886". World Porifera database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 14 September 2023.
- Schulze, F.E. 1887. 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
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Media related to Caulophacus elegans at Wikimedia Commons- "Caulophacus elegans". The Encyclopedia of Life.
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