(ofCaulophacus variens Tabachnick, 1988)Tabachnick, K.R. (1988). Hexactinellid sponges from the mountains of the West Pacific. Pp. 49-64 <i>In</i>: Shirshov, P.P. (Ed.), Structural and Functional Researches of the Marine Benthos (Academy of Sciences of the USSR: Moscow). [details] Available for editors
Type locality contained in Ogasawara Islands, North Central Pacific...
type locality contained in Ogasawara Islands [details] type locality contained in North Central Pacific Abyssal Province [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 (Caulophacus) variens Tabachnick, 1988. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172064 on 2026-07-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Caulophacus (Caulophacus) variens Tabachnick, 1988. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172064 on 2026-07-04
original description(ofCaulophacus variens Tabachnick, 1988)Tabachnick, K.R. (1988). Hexactinellid sponges from the mountains of the West Pacific. Pp. 49-64 <i>In</i>: Shirshov, P.P. (Ed.), Structural and Functional Researches of the Marine Benthos (Academy of Sciences of the USSR: Moscow). [details] Available for editors
context source (CCZ)Kersken, D.; Janussen, D.; Martínez Arbizu, P. (2019). Deep-sea glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from polymetallic nodule fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern Pacific: Part II—Hexasterophora. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 49: 947-987., available online athttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-018-0880-y[details] Available for editors
redescriptionKersken, D.; Janussen, D. ; Martínez Arbizu, P. (2018). Deep-sea glass sponges (Hexactinellida) from polymetallic nodule fields in the Clarion-Clipperton Fracture Zone (CCFZ), northeastern Pacific: Part I – Amphidiscophora. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em> 48: 545-573., available online athttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12526-017-0727-y[details] Available for editors
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