Subgenus Caulophacus (Caulophacus) Schulze, 1886
- Caulophacus Schulze, F.E. 1886. Ueber den Bau und des System der Hexactinelliden. Abhandlungen der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin 1886: 1-97 [46].
Type species:
Caulophacus latus Schulze, 1886 by subsequent designation, see Laubenfels, M.W. de 1936. A discussion of the sponge fauna of the Dry Tortugas in particular, and the West Indies in general, with material for a revision of the families and orders of the Porifera. (Tortugas Lab. Paper No. 467). Publication of the Carnegie Institution of Washington Washington 30: 1-225 22 pls 1 map [189].
Distribution
Diagnosis
Body is mushroom-shaped or cup-like, basiphytose with long stalk. Choanosomal spicules are diactines and hexactines.
ID Keys
See Subfamily Rossellinae Diagnosis
Diagnosis References
Tabachnick, K. 2002. Family Rossellidae Schulze, 1885. pp. 1441-1505 in Hooper, J.N.A. & Soest, R.W.M. Van (eds). Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers Vol. 2. [1466]
History of changes
Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
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| 29-Mar-2018 | 28-Feb-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 29-Mar-2018 | 19-Apr-2011 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |