Caulophacus is a genus of glass sponges belonging to the subfamily Lanuginellinae.
Species Subgenus Caulophacus (Caulodiscus) Ijima, 1927 Caulophacus brandti Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal, 2004 Caulophacus iocasicus Gong & Li, 2023 Caulophacus leonieae Buskowiak & Janussen, 2021 Caulophacus lotifolium Ijima, 1903 Caulophacus onychohexactinus Tabachnick & Levi, 2004 Caulophacus polyspicula Tabachnick, 1990 Caulophacus valdiviae Schulze, 1904 Subgenus Caulophacus (Caulophacella) Lendenfeld, 1915 Caulophacus tenuis Lendenfeld, 1915 Subgenus Caulophacus (Caulophacus) Schulze, 1886 Caulophacus abyssalis Tabachnick, 1990 Caulophacus adakensis Reiswig & Stone, 2013 Caulophacus agassizi Schulze, 1899 Caulophacus antarcticus Schulze & Kirkpatrick, 1910 Caulophacus arcticus (Hansen, 1885) Caulophacus basispinosus Levi, 1964 Caulophacus chilensis Reiswig & Araya, 2014 Caulophacus cyanae Boury-Esnault & De Vos, 1988 Caulophacus discohexactinus Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal, 2004 Caulophacus discohexaster Tabachnick & Levi, 2004 Caulophacus elegans Schulze, 1886 Caulophacus galatheae Levi, 1964 Caulophacus hadalis Levi, 1964 Caulophacus hyperboreus Koltun, 1967 Caulophacus instabilis Topsent, 1910 Caulophacus latus Schulze, 1886 Caulophacus miri Tabachnick, Menshenina & Ehrlich, 2023 Caulophacus oviformis (Schulze, 1886) Caulophacus palmeri Goodwin, Berman, Janussen, Göcke & Hendry, 2016 Caulophacus pipetta (Schulze, 1886) Caulophacus ramosus Reiswig, Dohrmann & Kelly, 2021 Caulophacus schulzei Wilson, 1904 Caulophacus scotiae Topsent, 1910 Caulophacus serpens Reiswig, Dohrmann & Kelly, 2021 Caulophacus subarcticus Tabachnick, Menshenina & Ehrlich, 2023 Caulophacus variens Tabachnick, 1988 Caulophacus wilsoni Kersken, Janussen & Martínez Arbizu, 2018 (interim unpublished) Subgenus Caulophacus (Oxydiscus) Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal, 2004 Caulophacus weddelli Janussen, Tabachnick & Tendal, 2004
See also List of prehistoric sponge genera
References
Reiswig, H.M.; Araya, J.F. 2014: A review of the Hexactinellida (Porifera) of Chile, with the first record of Caulophacus Schulze, 1885 (Lyssacinosida: Rossellidae) from the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 3889 (3): 413–428,
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