WoRMS name details
Caulophacus (Caulophacella) Lendenfeld, 1915
829374 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:829374)
unaccepted (reverted genus transfer)
Subgenus
- Species Caulophacus (Caulophacella) tenuis Lendenfeld, 1915 accepted as Caulophacella tenuis Lendenfeld, 1915 (reverted genus transfer)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Caulophacella Lendenfeld, 1915) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1915). The Sponges. 3. Hexactinellida.<i> In</i>: Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross', from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding, and of other expeditions of the 'Albatross', 1891-1899 (29). <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 42 (2): 1-396, pls. 1-109. [details] 
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Caulophacus (Caulophacella) Lendenfeld, 1915. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=829374 on 2025-12-14
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Caulophacella Lendenfeld, 1915) Lendenfeld, R. von. (1915). The Sponges. 3. Hexactinellida.<i> In</i>: Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish Commission Steamer 'Albatross', from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding, and of other expeditions of the 'Albatross', 1891-1899 (29). <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 42 (2): 1-396, pls. 1-109. [details]
Taxonomy
status source
Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R.; Tendal, O.S. (2004). Deep-sea Hexactinellida (Porifera) of the Weddell Sea. <em>Deep-Sea Research Part II.</em> 51: 1857-1882. [details] Available for editors 
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status source Boury-Esnault, N.; Vacelet, J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Fourt, M.; Aguilar, R.; Chevaldonné, P. (2015). Mediterranean hexactinellid sponges, with the description of a new <i>Sympagella</i> species (Porifera, Hexactinellida). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95 (7): 1353-1364., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315414001891 [details] Available for editors [request]
status source Gong, L.; Yang, M.; Janussen, D.; Dohrmann, M.; Li, X. (2023). A new species of <em>Caulophacus</em> (Hexactinellida: Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the western Pacific Ocean, with new insights into the mitochondrial genome characteristics of hexactinellid sponges. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 10: 979912., available online at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.979912/full?utm_source=F-NTF&utm_medium=EMLX&utm_campaign=PRD_FEOPS_20170000_ARTICLE [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]status source Boury-Esnault, N.; Vacelet, J.; Reiswig, H.M.; Fourt, M.; Aguilar, R.; Chevaldonné, P. (2015). Mediterranean hexactinellid sponges, with the description of a new <i>Sympagella</i> species (Porifera, Hexactinellida). <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 95 (7): 1353-1364., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315414001891 [details] Available for editors
[request]status source Gong, L.; Yang, M.; Janussen, D.; Dohrmann, M.; Li, X. (2023). A new species of <em>Caulophacus</em> (Hexactinellida: Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the western Pacific Ocean, with new insights into the mitochondrial genome characteristics of hexactinellid sponges. <em>Frontiers in Marine Science.</em> 10: 979912., available online at https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2023.979912/full?utm_source=F-NTF&utm_medium=EMLX&utm_campaign=PRD_FEOPS_20170000_ARTICLE [details] Available for editors
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Classification According to molecular phylogenetic results, this taxon should be reassigned generic status. [details]
