''Caulophacus discohexactinus'' is a species of
glass sponges belonging to the subfamily
Lanuginellinae. It is known from a
type specimen
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found in the
Weddell Sea
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. The
specific epithet
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was given to refer to the discohexactine shape of the species'
microscleres.
[Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R.; Tendal, O.S. (2004). Deep-sea Hexactinellida (Porifera) of the Weddell Sea. ''Deep-Sea Research Part II''. 51: 1857-1882. ]
References
Animals described in 2004
Hexactinellida
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