World Register of Deep-Sea species - Caulophacus (Caulophacus) instabilis Topsent, 1910

Deep-Sea taxon details

Caulophacus (Caulophacus) instabilis Topsent, 1910

AphiaID

172057 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:172057)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Caulophacus (Caulophacus) Schulze, 1886

Original name

Caulophacus instabilis Topsent, 1910

Synonymised names

Caulophacus instabilis Topsent, 1910 · alternative representation

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Caulophacus instabilis Topsent, 1910) Topsent, E. (1910). Les Hexasterophora recueillies par la 'Scotia' dans l'Antarctique. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 166: 1-18.
page(s): 12-15 [details]

Type data

Type locality contained in South Orkney Islands

type locality contained in South Orkney Islands [from synonym] [view taxon] [details]

Taxonomic citation

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) instabilis Topsent, 1910. 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=172057 on 2026-08-14

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Caulophacus (Caulophacus) instabilis Topsent, 1910. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=172057 on 2026-08-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2010-03-20 18:33:28Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2016-05-30 18:10:41Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Caulophacus instabilis Topsent, 1910) Topsent, E. (1910). Les Hexasterophora recueillies par la 'Scotia' dans l'Antarctique. <em>Bulletin de l'Institut Océanographique, Monaco.</em> 166: 1-18.
page(s): 12-15 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Unknown type (of Caulophacus instabilis Topsent, 1910) MNHN HT 82 [details]

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