Caulophacus

Caulophacus
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
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Porifera
Class: Hexactinellida
Order: Lyssacinosida
Family: Rossellidae
Subfamily: Lanuginellinae
Genus: Caulophacus
Schulze, 1886
Type species
Caulophacus latus
Schulze, 1886
Subgenera
  • Caulophacus (Caulodiscus)
  • Caulophacus (Caulophacella)
  • Caulophacus (Caulophacus)
  • Caulophacus (Oxydiscus)

Caulophacus is a genus of glass sponges belonging to the subfamily Lanuginellinae.

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