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 |
Subclass: | Hexasterophora |
Order: | Lyssacinosa |
Family: | Rossellidae |
Subfamily: | Lanuginellinae |
Genus: | Caulophacus |
Species: | C. elegans |
Binomial name | |
Caulophacus elegans Schulze, 1886 |
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Synonyms | |
Caulophacus (Caulophacus) elegans Schulze, 1886 |
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.