Deep-Sea taxon details
Caulophacus (Caulophacus) discohexaster Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004
438247 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:438247)
accepted
Species
Caulophacus discohexaster Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004 · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2004). Lyssacinosida du Pacifique sud-ouest (Porifera: Hexactinellida).<i> in</i>: Marshall, B.A. & Richer de Forges, B. (Eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 23. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 191: 11-71. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 50-51 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 50-51 [details] Available for editors
Holotype MNHN HCL511, geounit New Caledonia
Holotype MNHN HCL511, geounit New Caledonia [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) discohexaster Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004. 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=438247 on 2026-07-10
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Caulophacus (Caulophacus) discohexaster Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=438247 on 2026-07-10
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Tabachnick, K.R.; Lévi, C. (2004). Lyssacinosida du Pacifique sud-ouest (Porifera: Hexactinellida).<i> in</i>: Marshall, B.A. & Richer de Forges, B. (Eds) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 23. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 191: 11-71. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 50-51 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
redescription Reiswig, H.M.; Dohrmann, M.; Kelly, M.; Mills, S.; Schupp, P.J.; Wörheide, G. (2021). Rossellid glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from New Zealand waters, with description of one new genus and six new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1060: 33-84., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/63307/
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 50-51 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
redescription Reiswig, H.M.; Dohrmann, M.; Kelly, M.; Mills, S.; Schupp, P.J.; Wörheide, G. (2021). Rossellid glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from New Zealand waters, with description of one new genus and six new species. <em>ZooKeys.</em> 1060: 33-84., available online at https://zookeys.pensoft.net/article/63307/
page(s): 63 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype MNHN HCL511, geounit New Caledonia [details]
