Table 7 in Rossellid glass sponges (Porifera, Hexactinellida) from New Zealand waters, with description of one new genus and six new species

Table 7. Comparison of the key morphological characters that differentiate the 24 species of Caulophacus (Caulophacus) from each other and from New Zealand specimens of Caulophacus (Caulophacus) discohexaster Tabachnick & Lévi, 2004) (NIWA 126342 and NIWA 126343).
taxalocationbody shape differs radicallydermal pinule differs visually in shapeatrial pinule differs visually in shapestalk pinule differs visually in shapedermal pinule, 2 or more formsdermal, atrial or stalk pinules mostly pentactinsdermal, atrial or stalk pinules exclusively pentactinsdermal pinule ray is much shorteratrial pinule ray is much shorterdermal and atrial pinules, basal rays of nearly smoothchoanosomal hexactins, some or all are centrally spinedhypodermal pentactins, some or all are centrally spinedhypodermal pentactins are very smallhypodermal pentactins of stalk, atrial pinules are mostly pentactinshypodermal pentactins of stalk, some or all are centrally spinedhypoatrial pentactins tangential rays, some or all centrally spinedhypoatrial pentactins very smallmicrosclere hemidiscohexasters absentmicrosclere discohexasters absentmicrosclere discohexactins absentmicrosclere discohexasters include thin-rayed formsmicrosclere discohexasters in two or more formsmicrosclere oxy-tipped forms presentCaulophacus Caulophacus abyssalisArgentine BasinxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus adakensisAleutian IslandsxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus agassiziGulf of Maine/Bay of FundyxxxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus antarcticusEast Antarctic Wilkes LandxxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus arcticusGreenland and Arctic OceanxxxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus basispinosusIndian OceanxxxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus chilenseCentral ChilexxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus cyanaeMexican Tropical PacificxxxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus discohexactinusAntarcticaxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus discohexasterNew CaledoniaxCaulophacus Caulophacus elegansNorth PacificxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus galatheaeIndian OceanxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus hadalisSouthern Kermadec RidgexxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus instabilisSouth Orkney IslandsxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus latusCrozet IslandsxxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus oviformisEast AntarcticaxxxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus palmeriDrake PassagexxxCaulophacus Caulophacus pipettaEast AntarcticaxxxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus ramosusKermadec TrenchxxCaulophacus Caulophacus schulzeiPanama Bight, Pacific OceanxxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus serpensKermadec TrenchxCaulophacus Caulophacus scotiaeWeddell Sea, AntarcticaxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus variensWestern Pacific OceanxxxxxxCaulophacus Caulophacus wilsoniEastern Pacific Oceanxxxxxx
*Taxonomic authorities have been excluded from this column but are available from van Soest et al. (2021)