''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).
''Caulophacus'' is a genus of glass sponges belonging to the subfamily Lanuginellinae.
Species
Subgenus ''Caulophacus'' (''Caulodiscus'')
Ijima, 1927
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Caulophacus brandtae''
Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal, 2004
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Caulophacus leonieae ''
Buskowiak & Janussen, 2021
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Caulophacus lotifolium''
Ijima, 1903
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Caulophacus onychohexactinus''
Tabachnick & Levi, 2004
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Caulophacus polyspicula''
Tabachnick, 1990
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Caulophacus valdiviae''
Schulze, 1904
Subgenus ''Caulophacus'' (''Caulophacella'')
Lendenfeld, 1915
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Caulophacus tenuis''
Lendenfeld, 1915
Subgenus ''Caulophacus'' (''Caulophacus'')
Schulze, 1886
* ''
Caulophacus abyssalis''
Tabachnick, 1990
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Caulophacus adakensis''
Reiswig & Stone, 2013
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Caulophacus agassizi''
Schulze, 1899
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Caulophacus antarcticus''
Schulze & Kirkpatrick, 1910
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Caulophacus arcticus''
(Hansen, 1885)
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Caulophacus basispinosus''
Levi, 1964
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Caulophacus chilensis''
Reiswig & Araya, 2014
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Caulophacus cyanae''
Boury-Esnault & De Vos, 1988
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Caulophacus discohexactinus''
Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal, 2004
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Caulophacus discohexaster''
Tabachnick & Levi, 2004
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Caulophacus elegans
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Schulze, 1886
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Caulophacus galatheae''
Levi, 1964
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Caulophacus hadalis''
Levi, 1964
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Caulophacus instabilis''
Topsent, 1910
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Caulophacus latus''
Schulze, 1886
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Caulophacus oviformis''
(Schulze, 1886)
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Caulophacus palmeri''
Goodwin, Berman, Janussen, Göcke & Hendry, 2016
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Caulophacus pipetta''
(Schulze, 1886)
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Caulophacus schulzei''
Wilson, 1904
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Caulophacus scotiae''
Topsent, 1910
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Caulophacus variens''
Tabachnick, 1988
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Caulophacus wilsoni''
Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018 (interim unpublished)
Subgenus ''Caulophacus'' (''Oxydiscus'')
Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal, 2004
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Caulophacus weddelli''
Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal, 2004
See also
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List of prehistoric sponge genera
This list of prehistoric sponges is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera that have ever been included in the phylum Porifera, excluding purely vernacular terms. The list includes all commonly accepted genera, but also genera ...
References
* Reiswig, H.M.; Araya, J.F. 2014: A review of the Hexactinellida (Porifera) of Chile, with the first record of Caulophacus Schulze, 1885 (Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 3889 (3): 413–428,
External links
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Hexactinellida genera
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