Caulophacus (Caulodiscus)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lyssacinosida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Parazoa Phylum: Porifera Classis: Hexactinellida Subclassis: Hexasterophora Ordo: Lyssacinosida

Familia: Rossellidae
Subfamilia: Lanuginellinae
Genus: Caulophacus
Subgenus: Caulophacus (Caulodiscus)
Species (7): C. (C.) brandtae – C. (C.) iocasicus – C. (C.) leonieae – C. (C.) lotifolium – C. (C.) onychohexactinus – C. (C.) polyspicula – C. (C.) valdiviae

Name

Caulophacus (Caulodiscus) Ijima, 1927: 346

• Type species: Caulophacus lotifolium Ijima, 1903, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Caulodiscus Ijima, 1927: 346 [original status, as genus]
• Caulophacus (Caulodiscus) — Tabachnick, 2002: 1469 [subsequent status, reduce to subgenus]

References

Primary references

• Ijima, I. 1927. The Hexactinellida of the Siboga Expedition. pp. i–viii + 1–383, pls I–XXVI. in Weber, M. (Ed.). Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, oceanographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in Nederlandsch Oost-lndië 1899- 1900 aan boord H.M. ‘Siboga’ onder commando van Luitenant ter zee 1e kl. G.F. Tydemann. Monographie VI. E.J. Brill: Leiden. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Buskowiak, D. & Janussen, D. 2021. An exceptional occurrence of deep-sea sponges in the region of former Larsen Ice Shelves, Antarctic Peninsula, with the description of two new species. Marine Biodiversity 51: 8. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-020-01134-z Reference page. 

Links

• Caulophacus (Caulodiscus) in the World Register of Marine Species