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Caulophacus Schulze, 1886
Nomenclature
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Family: RossellidaeSubfamily: Rossellinae
Genus:
Caulophacus Schulze, 1886
Usage:
valid
SUMMARY
Pedunculate Rossellinae, solitary or forming small branching stock [2]. The dermalia and atrialia are pentactines and hexactines in which the pinular ray is directed outside the body, all microscleres have discoidal , onychoidal terminations (rarely accompanied by oxyoidal ones)[5].