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Caulophacus elegans

Caulophacus elegans
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) (14598081049).jpg
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 (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.


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