Caulophacus elegans

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.

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
Order: Lyssacinosida
Family: Rossellidae
Genus: Caulophacus
Species:
C. elegans
Binomial name
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).

References
  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
  • 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
  • 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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