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Caulophacus (Caulophacus) chilensis
Reiswig & Araya, 2014
AphiaID
827205
(urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:827205)
Classification
Biota
Animalia
(Kingdom)
Porifera
(Phylum)
Hexactinellida
(Class)
Hexasterophora
(Subclass)
Lyssacinosida
(Order)
Rossellidae
(Family)
Caulophacus
(Genus)
Caulophacus (Caulophacus)
(Subgenus)
Caulophacus (Caulophacus) chilensis
(Species)
Status
accepted
Rank
Species
Parent
Caulophacus (Caulophacus)
Schulze, 1886
Original name
Caulophacus (Caulophacus) chilense
Reiswig & Araya, 2014
Synonymised names
Caulophacus (Caulophacus) chilense
Reiswig & Araya, 2014
·
unaccepted
(disagreement in gender)
Environment
marine,
brackish
,
fresh
,
terrestrial
Fossil range
recent only
Original description
(of
Caulophacus (Caulophacus) chilense
Reiswig & Araya, 2014
)
Reiswig, H.M.; Araya, J.F. (2014). A review of the Hexactinellida (Porifera) of Chile, with the first record of <em>Caulophacus</em> Schulze, 1885 (Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3889 (3): 414.
,
available online at
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03889p428f.pdf
page(s): 419-423
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Type data
Holotype
(of
Caulophacus (Caulophacus) chilense...
Holotype
(of
Caulophacus (Caulophacus) chilense Reiswig & Araya, 2014
) MNHNC L-POR100, geounit Central Chile
[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) chilensis
Reiswig & Araya, 2014. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/www.aqua-aquapress.com/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=827205 on 2026-07-01
Taxonomic edit history
Date
action
by
2014-12-04 11:30:44Z
created
Dohrmann, Martin
2020-08-02 07:44:57Z
changed
Boury-Esnault, Nicole
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Documented distribution (3)
Specimens (1)
Notes (1)
Attributes (7)
original description
(of
Caulophacus (Caulophacus) chilense
Reiswig & Araya, 2014
)
Reiswig, H.M.; Araya, J.F. (2014). A review of the Hexactinellida (Porifera) of Chile, with the first record of <em>Caulophacus</em> Schulze, 1885 (Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3889 (3): 414.
,
available online at
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2014/f/z03889p428f.pdf
page(s): 419-423
[details]
Available for editors
[request]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
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Holotype
(of
Caulophacus (Caulophacus) chilense Reiswig & Araya, 2014
) MNHNC L-POR100, geounit Central Chile
[details]
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Spelling
Originally Caulophacus (Caulophacus) chilense but corrected for the gender of the genus name.
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