Caulophacus Schulze, 1886

Reiswig, Henry M., Dohrmann, Martin, Kelly, Michelle, Mills, Sadie, Schupp, Peter J. & Woerheide, Gert, 2021, Rossellid glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from New Zealand waters, with description of one new genus and six new species, ZooKeys 1060, pp. 33-84 : 33

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scientific name	Caulophacus Schulze, 1886
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Diagnosis.

Body is fungus-like or cup-like, basiphytose with long stalk. Choanosomal spicules are diactins and hexactins. Dermalia are pinular hexactins and/or pentactins. Atrialia are pinular hexactins and/or pentactins. Hypodermalia and hypoatrialia are pentactins. Microscleres are spicules of hexactinous or hexasterous forms with discoidal, onychoidal, and oxyoidal termination (emended from Janussen et al. 2004).

Type species.

Caulophacus (Caulophacus) elegans Schulze, 1886.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Porifera
Class	Hexactinellida
SubClass	Hexasterophora
Order	Lyssacinosida
Family	Rossellidae
SubFamily	Lanuginellinae

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