World Porifera Database - Species - Caulophacus variens Tabachnick, 1988

Porifera name details

Caulophacus variens Tabachnick, 1988

AphiaID

190319 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:190319)

Classification

Status

alternative representation

Accepted name

Caulophacus (Caulophacus) variens Tabachnick, 1988

Rank

Species

Parent

Caulophacus Schulze, 1886

Original name

Caulophacus variens Tabachnick, 1988

Direct children (2)

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Subspecies Caulophacus variens juvenilis Tabachnick, 1988 represented as Caulophacus (Caulophacus) variens juvenilis Tabachnick, 1988
Subspecies Caulophacus variens variens Tabachnick, 1988 represented as Caulophacus (Caulophacus) variens variens Tabachnick, 1988

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

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

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Type data

Type locality contained in North Central Pacific Abyssal Province

type locality contained in North Central Pacific Abyssal Province [details]

, Note Mid W Pacific

Type locality Mid W Pacific [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 variens Tabachnick, 1988. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=190319 on 2026-08-21

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-12-18 15:00:44Z

created

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2010-03-21 18:26:20Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

2022-04-08 10:02:18Z

changed

Dohrmann, Martin

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original description 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

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Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Type locality Mid W Pacific [details]

To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caulophacus variens)
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 0 proteins)