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词条 C. elegans (disambiguation)
释义

  1. Domain Eukaryota (eukaryotes), unranked Unikonta (unikonts)

     Unranked Amoebozoa  Subphylum Lobosa, class Tubulinea, order Arcellinida  Phylum Mycetozoa  Class Myxogastria  Order Stemonitida  Order Liceida  Class Dictyosteliomycetes / Dictyostelea  Order Dictyosteliales  Unranked Opisthokonta (opisthokonts), unranked Holozoa  Class Choanoflagellatea   Order Craspedida  

  2. Eukaryotes, unikonts, opisthokonts, unranked Holozoa, kingdom Animalia (animals)

     Subkingdom Parazoa  Phylum Porifera (sponges)  Class Calcarea (calcareous sponges)  Class Demospongiae (Demosponges)  Order Poecilosclerida  Order Haplosclerida  Order Dictyoceratida  Order Hadromerida  Order Spirophorida  Order Tetractinellida  Class Hexactinellida (glass sponges)  Order Hexactinosa  Order Lyssacinosa  Subkingdom Eumetazoa, unranked Radiata  Phylum Cnidaria (cnidarians), subphylum Medusozoa (jellyfish), class Hydrozoa (hydrozoans)  Subclass Hydroidolina, order Leptomedusae  Phylum Cnidaria (cnidarians), class Anthozoa (corals, sea pens and gorgonians)  Subclass Hexacorallia (hexacorals)  Order †Rugosa (rugose or horn corals)  Order Scleractinia (stony corals)  Order Stauriida  Order †Tabulata (tabulate corals)  Subclass Octocorallia (octocorals)  Order Alcyonacea (soft corals)  Order Pennatulacea (sea pens)  Subclass Myxozoa (myxozoans)  Order Bivalvulida  Eumetazoa, clade Bilateria (bilaterians), superphylum Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)  Phylum Echinodermata (echinoderms)  Class Asteroidea (sea stars)  Order Valvatida  Class Crinoidea (crinoids)  Order Cladida  Order Disparida  Order Comatulida  Class Echinoidea (sea urchins)  Order Arbacioida  Order Cassiduloida  Order Cidaroida  Class †Edrioasteroidea (edrioasteroids)  Order unknown  Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)  Order Apodida  Phylum Chordata (chordates), subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)  Class Ascidiacea (ascidians or sea squirts)  Order Aplousobranchia  Order Stolidobranchia (stolidobranchian sea squirts)  Chordates, subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)  (Informal group jawless fishes) class Conodonta (conodonts)  Order Conodontophorida (or unknown)  (Informal group jawless fishes) class Osteostraci  (Subclass †Cornuata) order †Cephalaspidida  Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes), subclass Holocephali  Order Petalodontiformes  Cartilaginous fishes, elasmobranchs (subclass Elasmobranchii)  Order Carcharhiniformes  Order †Cladoselachiformes  Order Ctenacanthiformes  Order †Synechodontiformes  Superclass Osteichthyes (bony fishes), class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)  Order Perciformes  Order Cyprinodontiformes  Order Siluriformes (catfishes)  Order Cypriniformes  Order Characiformes  Order Scorpaeniformes  Order Salmoniformes  Bony fishes, class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes)  Chordates, vertebrates, superclass Tetrapoda (tetrapods)  Class Amphibia (amphibians)  Order Anura (frogs)  Class Aves (birds)  Order Apodiformes  Order Charadriiformes  Order Galliformes (galliforms)  Order Gruiformes  Order Passeriformes  Order Piciformes  Order Tinamiformes  Class Reptilia (reptiles)  Order Squamata  Order Testudines (turtles)  Clade Suchia, clade Paracrocodylomorpha  Clade Dinosauria (dinosaurs), order Saurischia  Unranked Mesoeucrocodylia  Order †Pterosauria  Class Mammalia (mammals)  Order Carnivora (carnivorans)  Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)  Order Afrosoricida  Order Erinaceomorpha  Order Rodentia (rodents)  Phylum Hemichordata (hemichordates)  Graptolites (class †Graptolithina)  Order †Dendroidea  Phylum Xenacoelomorpha, class Acoela (acoels)  Eumetazoa, bilaterians, unranked Protostomia (protostomes)  Superphylum Ecdysozoa, phylum Nematoda (nematodes or roundworms)  Class Chromadorea  Order Araeolaimida  Order Rhabditida  Order Strongylida  Order Monhysterida  Class Enoplea  Order Dorylaimida  Class Secernentea  Order Camallanida  Order Tylenchida  Ecdysozoa, phylum Arthropoda (arthropods)  Subphylum Hexapoda (hexapods), class Insecta (insects)  Order †Alienoptera  Order Blattodea (cockroaches)  Order Coleoptera (beetles and weevils)  Order Dermaptera (earwigs)  Order Diptera (flies, mosquitoes, midges and gnats)  Order Hemiptera (true bugs)  Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps and sawflies)  Order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)  Order Mantodea (mantises)  Order Neuroptera (net-winged insects)  Order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)  Order Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers)  Order Phthiraptera (lice)  Order Psocoptera (booklice and barklice)  Order Trichoptera (caddisflies)  Hexapods, class Entognatha  Order Collembola  Arthropods, subphylum Crustacea (crustaceans), class Branchiopoda (branchiopods)  Order Spinicaudata (spinicaudatans)  Arthropods, crustaceans, class Maxillopoda (maxillopodans), subclass Copepoda (copepods)  Order Calanoida (calanoids)  Order Cyclopoida (cyclopoids)  Order Siphonostomatoida  Arthropods, crustaceans, class Malacostraca (malacostracans)  Order Isopoda (isopods)  Order Cumacea (cumaceans)  Order Decapoda (decapods)  Order Amphipoda (amphipods)  Arthropods, crustaceans, class Ostracoda (ostracods)  Order Halocyprida  Order †Palaeocopida  Order Podocopida  Arthropods, unranked Arachnomorpha (arachnomorphs), subphylum Chelicerata (chelicerates), class Arachnida (arachnids)  Order Araneae (spiders)  Order Pseudoscorpiones (pseudoscorpions)  Order Opiliones (harvestmen)  Order Scorpiones (scorpions)  Arthropods, Arachnomorpha, chelicerates, arachnids, subclass Acari (mites)  Order Trombidiformes  Arthropods, unranked Arachnomorpha (arachnomorphs), subphylum †Trilobitomorpha, class †Trilobita (trilobites)  Order †Agnostida  Order †Asaphida  Order †Phacopita  Order †Ptychopariida  Arthropods, subphylum Myriapoda (myriapods), class Chilopoda (centipedes)  Order Scolopendromorpha  Superphylum Lophotrochozoa, phylum Mollusca (molluscs)  Class Gastropoda (gastropods)  Class Bivalvia (bivalves)  Order Arcoida  Order Mytiloida  Order Ostreoida  Order Pterioida  Order Myoida  Order Carditoida  Order Veneroida (veneroids)  Order Pholadomyoida  Class Cephalopoda (cephalopods), subclass †Ammonoidea (ammonites)  Order †Ammonitida  Order †Ceratitida (ceratitids)  Order †Goniatitida  Subclass Nautiloidea (nautiloids)  Order Nautilida  Class Aplacophora  Order Chaetodermatida  Class Scaphopoda (scaphopods)  Order Gadilida  Class Polyplacophora (chitons)  Order Chitonida  Mollusca incertae sedis (gastropods or monoplacophorans)  Not yet assigned to an order, superfamily †Bellerophontoidea  Lophotrochozoa, phylum Bryozoa (bryozoans)  Class Gymnolaemata  Order Cheilostomata  Class Stenolaemata  Order Cyclostomatida  Order †Cystoporida  Order Rhabdomesida  Order †Trepostomatida  Lophotrochozoa, phylum Brachiopoda (brachiopods)  Class Craniata, order Craniopsida  Class Rhynchonellata  Order Athyridida  Order Rhynchonellida  Order Terebratulida  Class †Strophomenata  Order †Strophomenida  Order †Productida  Lophotrochozoa, phylum Nemertea (nemertean worms)  Class Enopla  Order Hoplonemertea  Lophotrochozoa, phylum Annelida (annelids)  Class Polychaeta (polychaete worms)  Order Phyllodocida  Order Canalipalpata  Superphylum Platyzoa  Phylum Rotifera (rotifers), class Eurotifera  Order Ploima  Order Bdelloidea  Platyzoa, phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms)  Class Monogenea  Order Dactylogyridea  Class Rhabditophora  Order Rhabdocoela  Class Trematoda (trematodes)  Order Plagiorchiida  Class Turbellaria  Order Prolecithophosra  Platyzoa, phylum Gastrotricha (gastrotrichs)  Order Chaetonotida  Animals incertae sedis  Class Chitinozoa (chitinozoans)  Order Prosomatifera 

  3. Eukaryotes, unikonts, opisthokonts, kingdom Fungi

     Subkingdom Dikarya (higher fungi), phylum Ascomycota (ascomycetes or sac fungi)  Subphylum Pezizomycotina  Class Arthoniomycetes  Order Arthoniales  Class Dothideomycetes  Order Capnodiales  Order Microthyriales  Order Pleosporales  Class Laboulbeniomycetes  Order Laboulbeniales  Class Lecanoromycetes  Order Teloschistales  Order Lecanorales  Order Acarosporales  Order Peltigerales  Class Leotiomycetes  Order Helotiales  Class Orbiliomycetes  Order Orbiliales  Class Sordariomycetes  Order Chaetosphaeriales  Order Diaporthales  Order Microascales  Order Hypocreales  Ascomycota incertae sedis  Higher fungi, phylum Basidiomycota (basidiomycetes)  Subdivision Agaricomycotina  Class Agaricomycetes  Order Agaricales (gilled mushrooms)  Order Boletales  Order Cantharellales  Order Phallales  Order Polyporales  Subphyllum Pucciniomycotina  Class Cystobasidiomycetes  Class Pucciniomycetes  Order Pucciniales (rusts)  Other fungi  Phylum Blastocladiomycota  Class Blastocladiomycetes  Order Blastocladiales  Phylum Chytridiomycota  Class Chytridiomycetes  Order Chytridiales  Order Cladochytriales  Phylum Zygomycota (zygote fungi)  Class Zygomycetes, order Mucorales 

  4. Eukaryotes, unranked Bikonta (bikonts), kingdom Archaeplastida

     Division Rhodophyta (red algae)  Class Stylonematophyceae  Order Stylonematales  Class Florideophyceae  Order Bonnemaisoniales  Order Ceramiales  Order Colaconematales  Order Gigartinales  Order Peyssonneliales  Class Rhodophyceae  Order Corallinales  Subkingdom Plantae (plants)  (Informal group green algae), division Chlorophyta (chlorophytes)  Class Chlorophyceae  Order Chaetophorales  Order Charales  Order Chlorosarcinales  Order Cladophorales  Order Volvocales  Unranked Streptophyta (streptophytes), (green algae), division Charophyta (charophytes)  Class Zygnematophyceae  Order Desmidiales  Order Zygnematales  Streptophytes, unranked Embryophyta (embryophytes) (non-vascular plants or bryophytes)  Division Marchantiophyta (liverworts)  Class Jungermanniopsida, order Jungermanniales  Division Bryophyta (mosses)  Class Bryopsida, order Hypnales  Streptophytes, embryophytes, unranked Tracheophyta (vascular plants)  Division Pteridophyta (ferns), class Pteridopsida (leptosporangiate ferns)  Order Polypodiales (or Athyriales)  Unranked Spermatophyta (spermatophytes), division Cycadophyta, class Cycadopsida (cycads)  Order and family unknown  Spermatophytes, division †Pteridospermatophyta (seed ferns)  Order †Medullosales  Spermatophytes, basal angiosperms  Order Nymphaeales  Spermatophytes, angiosperms (flowering plants), dicotyledons  Eudicots, asterids, order Asterales  Eudicots, asterids, order Lamiales  Eudicots, asterids, order Gentianales  Eudicots, asterids, order Solanales  Eudicots, asterids, order Apiales  Eudicots, asterids, order Ericales  Eudicots, rosids, order Celastrales  Eudicots, rosids, order Malvales  Eudicots, rosids, order Myrtales  Eudicots, rosids, order Fabales  Eudicots, rosids, order Fagales  Eudicots, rosids, order Malpighiales  Eudicots, rosids, order Brassicales  Eudicots, rosids, order Rosales  Eudicots, rosids, order Sapindales  Eudicots, rosids, order Geraniales  Eudicots, rosids, order Vitales  Eudicots, rosids, order Cucurbitales  Eudicots, order Ranunculales  Eudicots, core eudicots, order Caryophyllales  Eudicots, core eudicots, order Santalales  Eudicots, core eudicots, order Saxifragales  Magnoliids, order Laurales  Flowering plants, monocotyledons  Commelinids, order Arecales  Commelinids, order Poales  Commelinids, order Commelinales  Commelinids, order Zingiberales  Order Asparagales  Order Liliales  Order Pandanales  Vascular plants, division Pteridophyta (ferns), class Polypodiopsida  Order Hymenophyllales  Order Polypodiales (polypod ferns)  Vascular plants, division Pteridophyta (ferns), class Pteridopsida  Order Cyatheales (tree ferns)  Vascular plants, division Pinophyta (conifers)  Class Pinopsida, order Pinales  Plants awaiting allocation 

  5. Eukaryotes, unranked SAR (SAR supergroup)

     Unranked Rhizaria  Phylum Retaria  Subphylum Foraminifera, class Globothalamea  Order Rotaliida  Subclass Textulariia, order Loftusiida  Subclass Textulariia, order Textulariida  Subphylum Foraminifera, class Tubothalamea  Order Miliolida  Subphylum Radiozoa (radiolarians), class Polycystina  Order Nassellaria  Order Spumellaria  Phylum Cercozoa  Class Granofilosea  Order Desmothoracida  Class Phaeodaria  Order Phaeogromia or Phaeocalpida  Superphylum Alveolata (alveolates)  Phylum Ciliophora (ciliates)  Class Oligohymenophorea  Order Apostomatida  Order Philasterida  Order Sessilida  Class Phyllopharyngea  Order Exogemmida  Phylum Dinoflagellata (dinoglagellates)  Class Dinophyceae  Order Peridiniales  Order Gonyaulacales  Class Noctiluciphyceae  Order Noctilucales  Unranked Chromalveolata (chromalveolates), superphylum Heterokonta or Heterokontophyta (heterokonts)  Phylum Ochrophyta  Class Xanthophyceae (yellow-green algae)  Order Mischococcales  Class Chrysophyceae (golden-brown algae)  Order Chromulinales  Class Bacillariophyceae (diatoms)  Subclass Coscinodiscophyceae, order Chaetocerotales  Subclass Bacillariophycidae, order Achnanthales  Orders Cymbellales  Order Surirellales  Subclass Fragilariophyceae, order Climacospheniales  Order incertae sedis  Class Coscinodiscophyceae  Order Coscinodiscales 

  6. Eukaryotes, unranked Hacrobia (cryptomonads-haptophytes assemblage)

     Phylum Haptophyta (haptophytes)  Class Prymnesiophyceae  Order Prymnesiales  Phylum Cryptophyta (cryptomonads or cryptophytes)  Class Cryptophyceae  Order Pyrenomonadales  Order Cryptomonadales 

  7. Eukaryotes incertae sedis, unranked Acritarcha (acritarchs)

  8. (Prokaryota or prokaryotes) domain Bacteria (bacteria)

     Phylum Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)  Order Synechococcales 

  9. Domain incertae sedis

  10. Species names sorted in alphabetical order

  11. See also

  12. References

  13. External links

C. elegans most commonly refers to the model round worm Caenorhabditis elegans. It may also refer to any of the species below. They are listed, first in taxonomic order (including synonyms) and, second, alphabetically.

The dagger symbol (†) indicates an extinct clade.

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Domain Eukaryota (eukaryotes), unranked Unikonta (unikonts)

Unranked Amoebozoa

Subphylum Lobosa, class Tubulinea, order Arcellinida

  • Centropyxiella elegans, a species (Centropyxidae) found in the European waters of the North Atlantic Ocean

Phylum Mycetozoa

Class Myxogastria
Order Stemonitida
  • Collaria elegans (syn. Comatricha elegans), a species (Stemonitidaceae)
Order Liceida
  • Cribraria elegans, a slime mold (Cribrariaceae) found in the United States, Europe and Japan
Class Dictyosteliomycetes / Dictyostelea
Order Dictyosteliales
  • Calospeira elegans, a slime mold (Dictyosteliales incertae sedis)

Unranked Opisthokonta (opisthokonts), unranked Holozoa

Class Choanoflagellatea

Order Craspedida
Family Codonosigidae
  • Cladospongia elegans, a species found in India
  • Codonosiga elegans, a species

Eukaryotes, unikonts, opisthokonts, unranked Holozoa, kingdom Animalia (animals)

Subkingdom Parazoa

Phylum Porifera (sponges)

Class Calcarea (calcareous sponges)
  • Consobrinomia elegans, a species from the Mediterranean
Class Demospongiae (Demosponges)
Order Poecilosclerida
  • Clathria elegans, a species (Microcionidae) found in the United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Clathrissa elegans, a synonym for Tedania elegans, a species (Tedaniidae) found in Australia
  • Crella elegans (syn. Cribella elegans or Cribrella elegans), a marine species (Crellidae) found in the Adriatic
Order Haplosclerida
Family Callyspongiidae
  • Callyspongia elegans (syn. Cladochalina elegans), a species found in Indonesia
  • Chalinissa elegans, a synonym for Callyspongia serpentina, a species found in Australia and New Zealand
  • Chalinopsilla elegans, a synonym for Dactylia elegans, a species found in Western Australia
Family Chalinidae
  • Chalinodendron elegans , a synonym for Haliclona elegans, a species found in south-east Australia
Order Dictyoceratida
  • Carteriospongia elegans, a synonym for Carteriospongia foliascens, a species (Thorectidae)
Order Hadromerida
  • Caulospongia elegans, a species (Suberitidae) found in Australia
Order Spirophorida
  • Craniella elegans, a marine species (Tetillidae) found in southern India and Sri Lanka
Order Tetractinellida
  • †Cupulospongia elegans, an extinct species (incertae sedis) from the Cretaceous of France
Class Hexactinellida (glass sponges)
Order Hexactinosa
  • †Cribrospongia elegans, an extinct species (Cribrospongiidae) from the Jurassic of Germany
Order Lyssacinosa
  • Caulophacus elegans, a species (Rossellidae, Lanuginellinae) found in Central Kuroshio Current, near Japan
  • Corbitella elegans, a species (Euplectellidae) found in the Banda Sea in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia

Subkingdom Eumetazoa, unranked Radiata

Phylum Cnidaria (cnidarians), subphylum Medusozoa (jellyfish), class Hydrozoa (hydrozoans)

Subclass Hydroidolina, order Leptomedusae
  • Cryptolaria elegans, a synonym for Acryptolaria elegans, a thecate hydroid (Lafoeidae) found in the Gulf of Mexico

Phylum Cnidaria (cnidarians), class Anthozoa (corals, sea pens and gorgonians)

Subclass Hexacorallia (hexacorals)
Order †Rugosa (rugose or horn corals)
  • †Cardiaphyllum elegans, an extinct species from the Upper Carboniferous of China
Order Scleractinia (stony corals)
  • †Calamophylliopsis elegans, a species (Dermosmiliidae) from the Cretaceous of China
  • †Chorisastrea elegans, an extinct species (Calamophylliidae) found in Switzerland
  • †Codonosmilia elegans, an extinct species (Rhipidogyridae) from the Jurassic of Switzerland
  • Coeloria elegans, a species (incertae sedis)
  • †Colpophyllia elegans, an extinct species (Mussidae)
  • †Comophyllia elegans, an extinct species (Latomeandridae) from the Jurassic of France
  • †Conosmilia elegans, an extinct species (Flabellidae) from the Tertiary of South Australia
  • †Cyathophora elegans, a synonym for Holocystis elegans, a species (Cyathophoridae) from the Cretaceous of Mexico, Spain and the United Kingdom
  • Cycloseris elegans, a mushroom coral (Fungiidae) found on the west coast of America
Order Stauriida
  • †Carinthiaphyllum elegans, an extinct species (Geyerophyllidae) from the Carboniferous of China
Order †Tabulata (tabulate corals)
  • †Caliapora elegans an extinct species (†Favositidae) from the Devonian of the Urals
  • †Catenipora elegans, an extinct species (†Halysitidae) from the Silurian of Estonia
  • †Coenites elegans, an extinct species (†Coenitidae) from the Devonian of Altai
Subclass Octocorallia (octocorals)
Order Alcyonacea (soft corals)
  • Callogorgia elegans (syn. Callicella elegans), a species (Primnoidae) found in the western North Pacific
  • Chrysogorgia elegans, a species (Chrysogorgiidae) found in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Cyathopodium elegans, a species (Clavulariidae) found in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean
Order Pennatulacea (sea pens)
  • Cavernularia elegans, a species (Veretillidae) from the North Atlantic Ocean
Subclass Myxozoa (myxozoans)
Order Bivalvulida
  • Ceratomyxa elegans, a species (Ceratomyxidae) found in the Mediterranean and the Argentinian seas where it is a parasite of toadfishes

Eumetazoa, clade Bilateria (bilaterians), superphylum Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)

Phylum Echinodermata (echinoderms)

Class Asteroidea (sea stars)
Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae
  • Calliaster elegans, a species
  • †Comptonia elegans, an extinct species from the Cretaceous of France
Family Ophidiasteridae
  • †Chariaster elegans, an extinct species from the Cretaceous of Egypt
Class Crinoidea (crinoids)
Order Cladida
  • †Calceolispongia elegans, an extinct species (Calceolispongiidae) that lived along the shores of what corresponds to Timor and Western Australia today
Order Disparida
  • †Cicerocrinus elegans, an extinct species (Pisocrinidae) known from the Silurian of the United Kingdom
Order Comatulida
  • Clarkometra elegans, a feather star (Colobometridae) found from south-west Mindanao in the Philippines to the Bonin Islands, Japan
Class Echinoidea (sea urchins)
Order Arbacioida
  • †Coelopleurus elegans, a species (Arbaciidae) from the Pleistocene of Japan
Order Cassiduloida
  • †Catopygus elegans, a synonym for Studeria elegans, an extinct species (Neolampadidae)
Order Cidaroida
  • †Cidaris elegans Münster, 1826 (syn. †Cidarites elegans), a fossil species (Cidaridae) from the Jurassic of France
  • Cidaris elegans (A. Agassiz, 1879), a synonym for Histocidaris elegans, an extant species (Histocidaridae)
Class †Edrioasteroidea (edrioasteroids)
Order unknown
  • †Cambraster elegans, an extinct species (family unknown) from the Cambrian
Class Holothuroidea (sea cucumbers)
Order Apodida
  • †Chiridota elegans (syn. †Chirodota elegans), a species (Chiridotidae) from the Pliocene of Europe

Phylum Chordata (chordates), subphylum Tunicata (tunicates)

Class Ascidiacea (ascidians or sea squirts)
Order Aplousobranchia
  • Clavelina elegans, a species (Clavelinidae) found in Japan
Order Stolidobranchia (stolidobranchian sea squirts)
  • Chorizocarpa elegans, a synonym for Botryllus elegans, a species (Styelidae) found in Mozambique and South Africa
  • Culeolus elegans, a species (Pyuridae) found in New Caledonia

Chordates, subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)

(Informal group jawless fishes) class Conodonta (conodonts)
Order Conodontophorida (or unknown)
  • †Curtognathus elegans, an extinct species (Distacodontidae) from the Ordovician of Siberia
(Informal group jawless fishes) class Osteostraci
(Subclass †Cornuata) order †Cephalaspidida
  • †Cephalaspis elegans, a synonym for †Zychaspis elegans, an extinct species (†Scolenaspididae) from the Devonian of Ukraine
Class Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes), subclass Holocephali
Order Petalodontiformes
  • †Chomatodus elegans, a prehistoric species
Cartilaginous fishes, elasmobranchs (subclass Elasmobranchii)
Order Carcharhiniformes
  • Carcharias elegans, a synonym for Carcharhinus melanopterus, the blacktip reef shark, a requiem shark (Carcharhinidae) inhabiting the tropical coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific oceans
Order †Cladoselachiformes
Family †Cladoselachidae
  • †Cladodus elegans, an extinct species from the Carboniferous period
  • †Cladoselache elegans, an extinct shark from the Devonian period
Order Ctenacanthiformes
  • †Ctenacanthus elegans, an extinct species (Ctenacanthidae) from the Carboniferous period
Order †Synechodontiformes
  • †Cosmacanthus elegans, a synonym for †Nemacanthus elegans, an extinct species (†Paleospinacidae) from the Triassic of Idaho, United States
Superclass Osteichthyes (bony fishes), class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Order Perciformes
  • Callionymus elegans, a synonym for Callionymus lyra, the common dragonet, a species (Callionymidae) widespread in the eastern Atlantic
  • Clinus elegans, a synonym for Calliclinus geniguttatus, a marine species (Labrisomidae) native to the Pacific coast of Chile and the Atlantic coast of Argentina
  • Coryphaena elegans, a synonym for Luvaris imperialis, the louvar, a marine species (Luvaridae) found in surface waters of temperate and tropical oceans throughout the world
  • Cybiosarda elegans, a marine scombrid (Scombridae) found in coastal and oceanic waters of northern Australia and southern New Guinea
Cichlids (family Cichlidae)
  • Crenicara elegans, a synonym for Crenicara punctulatum, the checkerboard cichlid, a species (Geophaginae) native to creeks and rivers in the Amazon and Essequibo basins in South America
  • Crenicichla elegans, a synonym for Crenicichla reticulata, a species (Cichlinae) native to South America
Order Cyprinodontiformes
Pupfishes (family Cyprinodontidae)
  • Cyprinodon elegans, the Comanche Springs pupfish, a species found in the United States
Rivulids or South American killifish (family Rivulidae)
  • Cynodonichthys elegans, a species found in Colombia
  • Cynolebias elegans, a synonym for Nematolebias whitei, the Rio pearlfish, a species native to South America
Stone loaches (family Nemacheilidae)
  • Cobitis elegans, a synonym for Triplophysa stolickai, the Tibetan stone loach, a species found in southern and central Asia
Order Siluriformes (catfishes)
  • Corydoras elegans (syn. Corydorus elegans), the elegant corydoras or elegant catfish, a freshwater armored catfish (Callichthyidae) found in the Upper Amazon River basin
Order Cypriniformes
  • Crossocheilus elegans, a cyprinid (Cyprinidae) found in northern Borneo, Indonesia
Order Characiformes
Toothless characins (family Curimatidae)
  • Curimata elegans or Curimatus elegans, synonyms for Steindachnerina elegans, a species found in rivers in Bahia and Minas Gerais, Brazil
  • Curimatus elegans paraguayensis, a synonym for Curimatella dorsalis, a species from the Orinoco, Amazon, Tocantins and Paraguay-lower Paraná River basins
Order Scorpaeniformes
  • Centridermichthys elegans, a synonym for Bero elegans, a sculpin (Cottidae) native to the northwestern Pacific Ocean
Order Salmoniformes
  • Coregonus elegans, a synonym for Coregonus pollan, the pollan, a freshwater whitefish (salmonidae) known only from five Irish lakes
Bony fishes, class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes)
  • †Ceratodus elegans, an extinct lungfish (Ceratodontiformes, Ptychoceratodontidae) from the Triassic of Germany
  • †Coelacanthus elegans, a synonym for Rhabdoderma elegans, an extinct coelacanth fish (Rhabdodermatidae) that lived in the Carboniferous

Chordates, vertebrates, superclass Tetrapoda (tetrapods)

Class Amphibia (amphibians)
Order Anura (frogs)
  • Cardioglossa elegans, a species (Arthroleptidae) found in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon
  • Cornufer elegans, a species (Ceratobatrachidae) endemic to Papua New Guinea
Class Aves (birds)
Order Apodiformes
  • †Chlorostilbon elegans, Gould's emerald, a presumed extinct hummingbird (Trochilidae) likely from Jamaica or the Bahamas
Order Charadriiformes
  • Charadrius elegans, a synonym for Charadrius alexandrinus, the Kentish plover, a cosmopolitan species (Charadriidae)
Order Galliformes (galliforms)
  • Callipepla elegans, a synonym for Callipepla douglasii, the elegant quail, a species (Odontophoridae) endemic to Pacific-slope thorn forest of north-western Mexico
Order Gruiformes
  • Coturnicops elegans, a synonym for Sarothrura elegans, the buff-spotted flufftail, a species (Sarothruridae) found in Africa
Order Passeriformes
  • Calocitta elegans, a synonym for Calocitta colliei, the black-throated magpie-jay, a species (Corvidae) found in northwestern Mexico
Order Piciformes
  • Celeus elegans, the chestnut woodpecker, a species (Picidae) found in South America
Order Tinamiformes
  • Calodromas elegans or Calopezus elegans, synonyms for Eudromia elegans, the elegant crested tinamou or martineta tinamou, a species (Tinamidae) found in southern Chile and Argentina
Class Reptilia (reptiles)
Order Squamata
Suborder Serpentes (snakes)
Family Colubridae (colubrid snakes)
  • Calamaria elegans, a synonym for Calamaria modesta, a species (Calamariinae) found in Java
  • Coronella elegans Günther, 1858, a synonym for Taeniophallus occipitalis, a species (Dipsadinae) found in South America
  • Coronella elegans Jan, 1863, a synonym for Meizodon regularis, the eastern crowned smooth snake, a species (Colubrinae) found in Africa
Family Lamprophiidae (lamprophiids)
  • Coluber elegans, a synonym for Psammophis elegans, the elegant sand racer, a species (Psammophiinae) found in tropical Africa
Family Viperidae (vipers)
  • Craspedocephalus elegans, a synonym for Trimeresurus elegans, the elegant pitviper, a species (Crotalinae) endemic to Japan
Family Boidae (boas)
  • Cursoria elegans or Cusoria elegans, synonyms for Eryx elegans, a species (Erycinae) found in western Central Asia
Suborder Lacertilia (lizards)
Family Gekkonidae (geckos)
  • Coleonyx elegans, the Yucatán banded gecko, an eyelid gecko (Eublepharinae) found in Mexico, Guatemala and Belize
  • Cyrtopodion elegans, a synonym for Cyrtopodion elongatum, the Yangihissar gecko, a species (Gekkoninae) found in northwest China and Mongolia
Order Testudines (turtles)
  • Chersine elegans, a synonym for Geochelone elegans, the Indian star tortoise, a species (Testudinidae) found in dry areas and scrub forest in India and Sri Lanka
  • Chrysemys elegans, a synonym for Trachemys scripta elegans, the red-eared slider, a pond turtle (Emydidae)
  • Cyclanorbis elegans, the Nubian flapshell turtle, a softshell (Trionychidae) found in Africa
Clade Suchia, clade Paracrocodylomorpha
  • †Chatterjeea elegans, a synonym for †Shuvosaurus inexpectatus, an extinct species of beaked reptiles (†Shuvosauridae) from the Late Triassic of Texas
Clade Dinosauria (dinosaurs), order Saurischia
  • †Chirostenotes elegans, a synonym for Leptorhynchos elegans, an extinct species of oviraptorosaurian dinosaur (†Caenagnathidae) from the late Cretaceous of Alberta, Montana and South Dakota
Unranked Mesoeucrocodylia
  • †Cricosaurus elegans, an extinct marine crocodyliform (Metriorhynchidae) from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous
Order †Pterosauria
  • †Ctenochasma elegans, an extinct species of pterosaurs (†Ctenochasmatidae) of the Late Jurassic of Germany and France
Class Mammalia (mammals)
Order Carnivora (carnivorans)
  • †Cynodictis elegans, an extinct species of bear dog (†Amphicyonidae) from the Eocene–Oligocene of Eurasia
Order Artiodactyla (even-toed ungulates)
  • †Caenotherium elegans or Cainotherium elegans, synonyms for Cainotherium laticurvatum, an extinct species of rabbit-sized herbivores (†Cainotheriidae) from the Eocene-Miocene of Europe
  • †Choilodon elegans, an extinct species (?Tragulidae, the chevrotains) found in phosphorites in Quercy, France
Order Afrosoricida
  • Chrysochloris elegans, a synonym for Chrysochloris asiatica, the Cape golden mole, a small insectivorous (Chrysochloridae) found in South Africa
Order Erinaceomorpha
  • †Cayluxotherium elegans, a synonym for †Neurogymnurus cayluxi, an extinct species of hedgehogs (Erinaceidae) from the Oligocene of France
  • †Camphotherium elegans or †Comphotherium elegans, synonyms for †Tetracus nanus, an extinct species of hedgehogs (Erinaceidae) from the Oligocene of Belgium, France and southern England
Order Rodentia (rodents)
  • Capromys elegans, a synonym for Phloeomys cumingi, the southern giant slender-tailed cloud rat, a species (Muridae) found only in the Philippines
  • Citellus elegans, a synonym for Urocitellus elegans, the Wyoming ground squirrel, a species (Sciuridae) endemic to the northwestern United States

Phylum Hemichordata (hemichordates)

Graptolites (class †Graptolithina)
Order †Dendroidea
  • †Callograptus elegans, an extinct species (†Dendrograptidae) from the Quebec Group

Phylum Xenacoelomorpha, class Acoela (acoels)

  • Convoluta elegans, a species (Convolutidae) found in the Black Sea

Eumetazoa, bilaterians, unranked Protostomia (protostomes)

Superphylum Ecdysozoa, phylum Nematoda (nematodes or roundworms)

Class Chromadorea
Order Araeolaimida
  • Chronogaster elegans, a species (Leptolaimidae) found in fresh water in the United States
Order Rhabditida
  • Caenorhabditis elegans, a species (Rhabditidae) extensively used as a model in developmental biology
  • Craspedonema elegans, a parasitic species (Bunonematidae) found in Brazil
  • Cucullanus elegans, an endoparasite (Cucullanidae) of the European perch
Order Strongylida
Strongyloidea, family Chabertiidae
  • Cloacina elegans, a parasite of marsupials in Australia
  • Cyclostrongylus elegans, an oesophageal parasite (Cloacininae) of macropodid marsupials in Australia
Order Monhysterida
  • Cyartonema elegans, a free-living marine species (Cyartonematidae) found in Scotland
Class Enoplea
Order Dorylaimida
  • Crassolabium elegans, a species (Qudsianematidae) from the northern Great Plains
Class Secernentea
Order Camallanida
  • Camallanus elegans, a synonym for Camallanus lacustris, a freshwater species (Camallanidae) parasitic of fish
Order Tylenchida
  • Chilenchus elegans, a parasitic species (Tylenchidae) found in Chile

Ecdysozoa, phylum Arthropoda (arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (hexapods), class Insecta (insects)
Order †Alienoptera
  • †Caputoraptor elegans, an extinct species (†Alienopteridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Myanmar
Order Blattodea (cockroaches)
  • Calolampra elegans, a giant cockroach (Blaberidae) found in Queensland, Australia
  • Corydia elegans, a synonym for Eucorydia aenea, a species (Corydiidae) found in Asia
Order Coleoptera (beetles and weevils)
Suborder Polyphaga
Infraorder Cucujiformia
Superfamily Chrysomeloidea
Family Cerambycidae (longhorn beetles)
Subfamily Cerambycinae
Tribe Elaphidiini
  • Centrocerum elegans, a species found in Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina
  • Cordylomera elegans, a species found in South Africa
Tribe Callichromatini
  • Callichroma elegans, Cerambix elegans or Cerambyx elegans, synonyms for Mionochroma elegans, a species found in Guadeloupe, Grenada, Dominica and St. Lucia
  • Callichroma elegans Haldeman, 1847 nec Olivier, 1790, a synonym for Plinthocoelium suaveolens
Other tribes
  • Calliprason elegans, a species (Stenoderini) found in New Zealand
  • Championa elegans, a species (Heteropsini) found in Mexico
  • Clytus elegans, a synonym for Neoclytus scutellaris a species (Clytini) found in the United States
  • Coleoxestia elegans or Criodion elegans, synonyms for Poeciloxestia elegans a species (Cerambycini) found in Brazil
Subfamily Lamiinae (flat-faced longhorns)
  • Cacia elegans, a species (Mesosini)
  • Callienispia elegans, a synonym for Egesina elegans, a species (Pteropliini)
  • Catharesthes elegans, a species (Acanthocinini)
  • Ceroplesis elegans, a species (Ceroplesini) found in Saudi Arabia and Yemen
  • Chariesthes elegans, a synonym for Chariesthes bella, a species (Tragocephalini) found in Africa
  • Cyriocrates elegans, a synonym for Anoplophora elegans, a species (Lamiini) found in Southeast Asia
Family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)
Subfamily Chrysomelinae
  • Callidemum elegans, a species found in Australia
  • Calligrapha elegans or Chrysomela elegans, synonyms for Calligrapha californica, a species (Chrysomelini) found in the United States and Canada
  • Crosita elegans, a species with a Palaearctic distribution
  • Cyrtonus elegans (syn. Chrysomela elegans), a species found in Portugal
Subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles)
  • Callispa elegans, a species found in southern Asia
  • Callistola elegans a species (Cryptonychini) found in the western Pacific
  • Coptocycla elegans, a species found in Brazil
Subfamily Galerucinae
  • Cneorane elegans, a species (Galerucini) found in Japan and Korea
Family Megalopodidae
  • Colobaspis elegans, a species (Megalopodinae) found in Taiwan
Superfamily Cucujoidea
Family Endomychidae (handsome fungus beetles)
  • Chondria elegans, a species found in Malaysia
  • Corynomalus elegans, a species (Lycoperdininae) found in Ecuador
  • Cymbachus elegans, a species (Lycoperdininae) found in Laos
Family Latridiidae (minute brown scavenger beetles)
  • Cartodere elegans, a species found in Europe
Family Nitidulidae (sap beetles)
  • Calosphaera elegans or Cryptarcha elegans, synonyms for Eucalosphaera elegans a species (Cryptarchinae) found in Perak, Malaysia
Superfamily Cleroidea
Family Cleridae (checkered beetles)
  • Callotillus elegans, a synonym for Neocallotillus elegans, a species (Tillinae) found in Texas, California and Arizona
  • Chariessa elegans, a species found in the United States
Family Melyridae (soft-winged flower beetles)
  • Carphurus elegans, a species (Malachiinae, Carphurini) found in Queensland, Australia
  • Clanoptilus elegans, a species found in Europe
Superfamily Curculionoidea (weevils)
Family Curculionidae (true weevils)
  • Callizonus elegans, a synonym for Praepodes elegans, a species (not yet assigned to a subfamily) found in Cuba
  • Ceutorhynchus elegans, a species (Baridinae, Ceutorhynchini) with a Palaearctic distribution
  • Coniatus elegans, a species (Hyperinae) found in Syria
  • Conotrachelus elegans, the pecan gall curculio, a species (Molytinae) found in North America
  • Cryptorhynchus elegans, a species (Cryptorhynchinae) found in North America
Subfamily Curculioninae
  • Centrinaspis elegans, a species found in Brazil
  • Cleopus elegans, a species (Cionini) found in Italy
Subfamily Dryophthorinae
  • Calandra elegans, a species
  • Curculio elegans, a synonym for Sphenophorus abbreviatus, a species (Rhynchophorini) found in Europe
  • Cyrtotrachelus elegans, a species (Rhynchophorini) found in the Philippines
Subfamily Entiminae
  • Chaerodrys elegans, a synonym for Metadrosus bellus, a species (Polydrosini) found in southern Europe
  • Chiloneus elegans, a species (Sciaphilini) found in Greece
  • Compsus elegans, a species (Eustylini)
  • Coptorhynchus elegans, a species (Celeuthetini) found in Indonesia
Subfamily Scolytinae (bark beetles)
  • Cnesinus elegans a species (Bothrosternini) found in Mexico
  • Coptodryas elegans, a species (Xyleborini) found in Myanmar, India, Indonesia and the Pacific
  • Cosmoderes elegans, a species (Cryphalini) found in New Guinea
Family Attelabidae (leaf-rolling weevils)
  • Catalabus elegans, a species found in India
Family Brentidae (straight-snouted weevils)
  • Cerobates elegans, a species found in Africa
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea, family Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles)
  • Cephalostenus elegans, a species (Tenebrioninae) found in Greece
  • Colposcelis elegans a species (Pimeliinae, Tentyriini) with a Palaearctic distribution in Asia
  • Cryptochile elegans, a species (Pimeliinae, Cryptochilini) found in Kenya
Infraorder Scarabaeiformia
Superfamily Scarabaeoidea
Family Scarabaeidae (scarab beetles)
  • Ceraspis elegans, a species (Melolonthinae, Macrodactylini) found in Brazil and Central America (Honduras)
  • Canthon elegans or Choeridium elegans, synonyms for Canthon quadriguttatus, a species (Scarabaeinae, Canthonini) found in Brazil, Colombia and Suriname
Subfamily Cetoniinae (flower chafers)
  • Calopotosia elegans, a synonym for Protaetia elegans, a species (Cetoniini) found in Taiwan
  • Cetonia elegans Leoni, 1910, a synonym for Cetonia aurata pisana, a subspecies (Cetoniini) of the rose chafer
  • Cetonia elegans Fabricius, 1781, a synonym for Heterorrhina elegans, a species (Goliathini) found in India and Sri Lanka
  • Chrysoliocola elegans
  • Coptomia elegans, a synonym for Pyrrhopoda elegans, a species (Stenotarsiini) found in Madagascar
Subfamily Dynastinae (rhinoceros beetles)
  • Coryphocera elegans, a species found in Senegal
  • Cyclocephala elegans, a synonym for Cyclocephala melanocephala, a species found in North and Central America
Family Lucanidae (stag beetles)
  • Cladognathus elegans, a synonym for Digonophorus elegans, a species found in India
Infraorder Elateriformia
Superfamily Elateroidea
Family Elateridae (click beetles)
  • Cardiophorus elegans, a species found in Chile
  • Cardiorhinus elegans, a species found in Brazil
  • †Cardiosyne elegans, an extinct species from the Triassic of Argentina
  • Compsoctenus elegans, a species (Prosterninae) found in Chile
  • Conoderus elegans, a species (Agrypninae) with a Palaearctic distribution
  • Ctenicera elegans (syn. Corymbites elegans), a species (Prosterninae) found in Canada
Family Cantharidae (soldier beetles)
  • Cordylocera elegans
Family Lycidae (net-winged beetles)
  • Cautires elegans, a species (Lycinae)
Superfamily Buprestoidea, family Buprestidae (jewel beetles)
  • Chalcogenia elegans
  • Chrysochroa elegans, the Japanese jewel beetle (tamamushi in Japanese), a species (Chrysochroinae) found in Japan
  • Clema elegans
Superfamily Byrrhoidea, family Elmidae (riffle beetles)
  • Ctenelmis elegans, a species found near rivers in South Africa
Infraorder Staphyliniformia (staphyliniforms)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea (staphylinoids)
Family Staphylinidae (rove beetles)
  • Catalina elegans, a species (Aleocharinae) with an Afrotropical distribution
  • Cyrtotyphlus elegans, a species (Leptotyphlinae)
Subfamily Paederinae
  • Cephalochetus elegans (syn. Calliderma elegans), a species (Paederini, Echiasterina) found in Sri Lanka
  • Cryptobium elegans, a synonym for Ochthephilum elegans, a species (Paederini, Cryptobiina) found in Australia
Subfamily Pselaphinae
  • Centrophthalmus elegans, a species (Tyrini) with a Palaearctic distribution
  • Chandleria elegans, a species (Metopiasini) found in Panama
Superfamily Hydrophiloidea
Family Hydrophilidae (water scavenger beetles)
  • Creniphilus elegans, a synonym for Paracymus elegans, a species (Hydrophilinae) found in southern California
Suborder Adephaga
Superfamily Caraboidea, family Carabidae (ground beetles)
Subfamily Carabinae
  • Calosoma elegans (syn. Callisthenes elegans), a species (Carabini) found in Kazakhstan
  • Collyris elegans, (syn. Colliuris elegans Vanderl., 1829), a species (Collyridini) found in Java
Subfamily Cicindelinae (tiger beetles)
  • Caledonomorpha elegans, a species found in New Guinea
  • Cephalota elegans (syn. Cicindela elegans Fourcroy & Geoffroy, 1785), a species (Cicindelini) found in Russia
Subfamily Lebiinae
  • Catascopus elegans, a species found in Southeast Asia and Australia
  • Colliuris elegans (Guérin-Méneville, 1855), a species (Odacanthini) found in Brazil
  • Cymindis elegans, a species found in the United States
Subfamily Licininae
  • Callistomimus elegans, a species found in South Africa
  • Chlaenius elegans
Subfamily Scaritinae
  • Carenum elegans, a species from Western Australia
  • Clivina elegans, a species found in Australia
In other ground beetle subfamilies
  • Caelostomus elegans, a species (Pterostichinae)
  • Cimmerites elegans, a species (Trechinae)
  • Colpodes elegans, a species (Platyninae)
  • Craspedophorus elegans, a species (Panagaeinae)
  • Cypholoba elegans, a synonym for Cypholoba divisa, a species (Anthiinae)
Family Coptoclavidae
  • †Coptoclavella elegans, an extinct species from the Cretaceous of Mongolia
Superfamily Dytiscoidea
Family Dytiscidae (diving beetles)
  • Colymbetes elegans, a synonym for Copelatus posticatus, a species (Copelatinae)
Order Dermaptera (earwigs)
  • Chelisoches elegans, a synonym for Euenkrates elegans, a species (Chelisochidae) found in Sumatra and Java
Order Diptera (flies, mosquitoes, midges and gnats)
Suborder Brachycera (brachyceran flies)
Infraorder Asilomorpha (asilomorphs)
  • Calohilara elegans, a synonym for Hilara elegans, a species (Empididae) found in Myanmar
  • Cerdistus elegans, a species (Asilidae) found in Tunisia
  • Chrysotus elegans, a synonym for Chrysotus pallidipalpus, a long-legged fly (Dolichopodidae) found in Hawaii
  • Cytherea elegans, a bee fly (Bombyliidae) found in France
Infraorder Muscomorpha (muscomorphs)
Family Syrphidae (hoverflies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
  • Chalcosyrphus elegans, a species (Xylotini) found in Myanmar
  • Chrysogaster elegans, a synonym for Orthonevra elegans, a species (Brachyopini) found in Europe
Subfamily Syrphinae
  • Chrysotoxum elegans, a species (Syrphini) found in southern mainland Europe
Family Chloropidae (frit flies)
  • Chloropsina elegans (syn. Chromatopterum elegans), a species (Chloropinae) found in the Philippines
  • Conioscinella elegans, a species (Oscinellinae) found in Europe
Other muscomorphs
  • Callomyia elegans, a flat-footed fly (Platypezidae) found in Europe
  • Cardiacephala elegans, a synonym for Plocoscelus podagricus, a species (Micropezidae) found in Brazil and Peru
  • Cecidocharella elegans, a fruit fly (Tephritidae) found in Brazil
  • Cestrotus elegans, a species (Lauxaniidae) found in Ethiopia and Morocco
  • Chamaemyia elegans, a species (Chamaemyiidae) present in Europe
  • Chelisia elegans, a synonym for Anthomyia obscuripennis, a species (Anthomyiidae) found in the United States
  • Coenosia elegans, a house fly (Muscidae) found in Alaska
  • Conops elegans, a thick-headed fly (Conopidae) found in Cyprus, France and Spain
  • Chyliza elegans, a species of rust fly (Psilidae) found in Taiwan
  • Cryptomeigenia elegans, a tachinid fly (Tachinidae) found in Mexico
  • Cuterebra elegans, a synonym for Cuterebra rufiventris, a rodent bot fly (Oestridae, Cuterebrinae) found in Brazil and Peru
Infraorder Tabanomorpha (tabanomorphs)
Family Rhagionidae (snipe flies)
  • Coenura elegans (syn. Caenura elegans), a species found in Chile
  • Chrysopilus elegans, a species found from Costa Rica to Peru
Stratiomyidae (soldier flies)
  • Cyphomyia elegans, a synonym for Euparyphus elegans, a species (Stratiomyinae, Oxycerini) found in Mexico
Suborder Nematocera (mosquitoes, midges and gnats)
Infrorder Bibionomorpha (bibionomorphs)
  • Cecidomyia elegans, a gall midge (Cecidomyiidae) found in Germany
  • Corynoptera elegans, a dark-winged fungus gnat (Sciaridae) found in Argentina
Infrorder Tipulomorpha
  • Ctenophora elegans, a true crane-fly (Tipulidae) found in Europe
Infraorder Culicomorpha
Family Chironomidae (nonbiting midges)
  • Chironomus elegans, a synonym for Eurycnemus crassipes, a species (Orthocladiinae) found in Europe
  • Cricotopus elegans, a species (Orthocladiinae) found in Europe
Family Culicidae (mosquitoes)
  • Culex elegans, a species (Culicinae), possibly a synonym for Aedes aegypti
Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
Suborder Heteroptera
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
  • Cardiastethus elegans, a species (Anthocoridae) with a neotropical distribution
  • Coranus elegans, an assassin bug (Reduviidae, Harpactorinae) found in Africa
  • Corythucha elegans, the willow lace bug, a lace bug (Tingidae) found on willows in North America
Family Miridae
  • Capsodes elegans, a synonym for Capsodes gothicus, a species (Mirinae) found in Europe
  • †Closterocoris elegans, an extinct species (Mirinae) found in the Eocene Florissant Formation of Colorado
  • Compsocerocoris elegans, a species found in Central America
Infraorder Nepomorpha (true water bugs)
  • †Corixa elegans, an extinct species (Corixidae) from the Oligocene of Germany
Infraorder Pentatomomorpha
Superfamily Pentatomoidea (shield bugs)
Family Pentatomidae (stink bugs), subfamily Pentatominae
  • Cephaloplatus elegans, a species (Carpocorini) found in the Northern Territory, Australia
  • Commius elegans (syn. Cimex elegans), a species (Diemeniini) found in Australia
  • Cyptocephala elegans, a species (Pentatomini) found in Illinois
Family Plataspidae
  • Coptosoma elegans, a species (Platasdinae) found in Europe
Superfamily Coreoidea
  • Cercinthus elegans (syn. Coreus elegans), a species (Coreidae) found in the Canary Islands
Superfamily Lygaeoidea
  • Carvalhodrymus elegans, a species (Rhyparochromidae) found in Ghana and Cameroon
  • Cymus elegans, a species (Lygaeidae) found in Korea
Suborder Auchenorrhyncha
Superfamily Fulgoroidea (fulgoroids)
  • Calyptoproctus elegans, a lanternfly (Fulgoridae) found in Suriname, Brazil, French Guiana and Honduras
  • Cromna elegans, a synonym for Siphanta acuta, the green planthopper or the torpedo bug, a species (Flatidae)
Infraorder Cicadomorpha, superfamily Membracoidea
  • Callistrophia elegans , a synonym for Taurotettix elegans, a hopper (Cicadellidae, Deltocephalinae, Cicadulini) found in Asia
Suborder Sternorrhyncha (aphids, whiteflies and scale insects)
Superfamily Aphidoidea (aphids or plant lice)
  • Callipterus elegans, a synonym for Tinocallis platani, a species (Aphididae, Calaphidinae) found in Europe and North America
Superfamily Psylloidea
  • Cacopsylla elegans, a species (Psyllidae) found in Japan
  • Colposcenia elegans, a species (Aphalaridae, Aphalarinae) with a Palaearctic distribution distribution in northern and eastern Africa and the Middle East
Order Hymenoptera (ants, bees, wasps and sawflies)
Suborder Apocrita (ants, bees and wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea
Family Pompilidae (spider wasps)
  • Ceropales elegans, a species (Ceropalinae) found in Texas
  • Cryptocheilus elegans, a species (Pepsinae) found in Europe
Family Formicidae (ants)
  • Camponotus elegans, a carpenter ant (Formicinae) found in south east Queensland and Western Australia
  • Cardiocondyla elegans, a species (Myrmicinae) found in the Mediterranean region
  • Cerapachys elegans, a species (Dorylinae) found in Australia
  • Conomyrma elegans, a synonym for Dorymyrmex elegans, a species (Dolichoderinae) endemic to the United States and Mexico
  • Crematogaster elegans, a species (Myrmicinae) found on the Aru and Kai islands, Indonesia
Superfamily Apoidea
Clade Anthophila (bees)
Family Apidae
  • Centris elegans, a species (Apinae) found on Saint Vincent and Grenadines
  • Crocisa elegans, a synonym for Thyreus elegans, a species (Apinae) found in Eurasia and Africa
Family Colletidae (plasterer bees)
  • Caupolicana elegans a species found in Mexico and the United States
  • Colletes elegans, a ground-nesting species found in Israel
Family Crabronidae
  • Cerceris elegans, a species found in Russia
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea
Family Braconidae (braconid wasps)
  • Calaphidius elegans, a parasitoid species (Aphidiinae) found in Europe
  • Chelonus elegans, a species (Cheloninae)
  • Chrysopophthorus elegans, a synonym for Chrysopophthorus hungaricus, a parasitoid species (Euphorinae) found in northern Italy and introduced in Great Britain
  • Coelinidea elegans (syn. Chaenon elegans or Coelinius elegans), a species of parasitoid wasps (Alysiinae) found in Europe
Subfamily Braconinae
  • Callibracon elegans, a species (Braconini)
  • Campyloneurus elegans, a species (Braconini) found in Cameroon
Family Ichneumonidae
  • Campodorus elegans, a parasitic wasp (Ctenopelmatinae, Mesoleiini) found in England
  • Cryptanuridimorpha elegans, a synonym for Polycyrtus vierecki, a species (Gelinae, Cryptini) found in Peru
Subfamily Campopleginae, tribe Limneriini
  • Campoplex elegans, a synonym for Dusona elegans, a parasitic wasp found in Tanzania
  • Cymodusa elegans , a synonym for Nemeritis elegans, a parasitic wasp found in Europe
Superfamily Platygastroidea
  • Calliscelio elegans (syn. Caloteleia elegans), a parasitoid wasp (Platygastridae) found on the Hawaiian island of Oʻahu
Superfamily Chalcidoidea (chalcid wasps)
  • Cerachalcis elegans or Cratocentrus elegans, synonyms for Cratocentrus ruficornis, a species (Chalcididae) found in Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe
  • Chaetospila elegans or Choetospila elegans, synonyms for Theocolax elegans, a parasitic wasp (Pteromalidae) of immature stages of stored grain pest insects
  • Cheiloneurus elegans (syn. Cleonymus elegans), a parasitic wasp (Encyrtidae)
  • Chrysolampus elegans, a species (Perilampidae) with a Nearctic distribution
  • Cosmocoma elegans, a synonym for Polynema howardii, a species of fairyflies or fairy wasps (Mymaridae) with a Nearctic distribution
Superfamily Chrysidoidea
Family Chrysididae (cuckoo wasps)
  • Chrysis elegans, a species (Chrysidinae) found in southern Europe
  • Cleptes elegans, a synonym for Cleptes semicyaneus, a species (Cleptinae) found in Europe
Order Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths)
Suborder Rhopalocera (butterflies)
Superfamily Papilionoidea
Family Lycaenidae (gossamer-winged butterflies)
  • Catapaecilma elegans, the common tinsel, a species found in Asia
Family Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies)
  • Clossiana elegans, a synonym for Boloria improba improbula
  • Cyrestis elegans, a synonym for Cyrestis camillus elegans, a species (Cyrestinae) known from Madagascar
Family Pieridae
  • Colias elegans, a synonym for Colias phicomone, the mountain clouded yellow, a species (Coliadinae) found in the Cantabrian Mountains, the Pyrenees, the Carpathian Mountains and the Alps
Superfamily Hesperioidea
Family Hesperiidae (skipper butterflies)
  • Callimormus elegans, a synonym for Callimormus radiola elegans, a subspecies of the radiant skipper (Hesperiinae) found in southern Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina
  • Chapra elegans, a species
  • Cobalopsis elegans, a species (Hesperiinae) found in Ecuador
Division Ditrysia
Superfamily Pyraloidea (pyraloid moths)
Family Pyralidae (snout moths)
  • Cacozelia elegans, a species found in Venezuela
Family Crambidae (grass moths)
  • Circobotys elegans, a species found in Taiwan
  • Crambus elegans, a synonym for Microcrambus elegans, the elegant grass-veneer moth, a species (Crambinae) found in North America
  • Cryptographis elegans, a species (Pyraustinae) found in Puerto Rico
Superfamily Gelechioidea (curved-horn moths)
  • Cacogamia elegans, a synonym for Tisis elegans, a species (Lecithoceridae) found on Java
  • Coleophora elegans, a species (Coleophoridae) found in Africa
Superfamily Zygaenoidea
Family Limacodidae (slug moths)
  • Casphalia elegans, a species found in Ghana
  • Compsopsectra elegans, a species found in the Philippines
  • Cyrtosia elegans, a synonym for Packardia elegans, the elegant tailed slug moth, a species (Limacodinae) found in Canada and the United States
Superfamily Lasiocampoidea
  • Catalebeda elegans, a eggar (Lasiocampidae) found in Africa
Section Cossina
Subsection Cossina
Superfamily Cossoidea
Family Cossidae (carpenter millers)
  • Callocossus elegans, a synonym for Eulophonotus elegans, a species (Zeuzerinae) found in Sierra Leone, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania
  • Costria elegans, a species (Cossinae) found in South America
Superfamily Tortricoidea, family Tortricidae (tortrix moths)
  • Cochylimorpha elegans, a species (Tortricinae) found in Iran
Subsection Bombycina
Superfamily Bombycoidea (bombycoid moths)
Family Sphingidae (hawk moths)
  • Callionima elegans, a synonym for Callionima grisescens, a species (Macroglossinae)
  • Chaerocampa elegans, a synonym for Hippotion echeclus, a species (Macroglossinae) found in Southeast Asia
Superfamily Geometroidea
Family Geometridae (geometer moths)
Subfamily Ennominae
  • Callhistia elegans, a species (Boarmiini)
  • Cleora elegans, a synonym for Cleora leucophaea, a species found in Russia, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea
  • Colpocraspeda elegans, a species found in Papua New Guinae
Subfamily Larentiinae
  • Coenocalpe elegans, a species (Melanthiini) found in North America
Superfamily Noctuoidea
Family Noctuidae (owlet moths)
  • Chersotis elegans, a species found in the mountains of Spain, Greece, Turkey, the Caucasus and Lebanon
  • Chytonix elegans, a species from Costa Rica
  • Conistra elegans, a species
  • Cosmodes elegans, the green-blotched moth, a species found in Australia and New Zealand
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Arctiinae (tiger moths)
  • Correbia elegans a species (Euchromiina) found in Panama
  • Correbidia elegans, a species found in Mexico and Panama
  • Cosmosoma elegans, a species found in Brazil
Subfamily Lymantriinae
  • Calliteara elegans, a synonym for Mpanjaka elegans, a species (Lymantrini) found in Madagascar
Family Nolidae (tuft moths)
  • Cacyparis elegans, a species found in the Solomon Islands
Order Mantodea (mantises)
  • Caliris elegans, a species found in Malaysia, Sumatra and Borneo
  • Calofulcinia elegans, a species found in New Guinea
Order Neuroptera (net-winged insects)
Family Ascalaphidae (owlflies)
  • Cordulecerus elegans, a species found in South America
Family Chrysopidae (green lacewings)
  • Ceraeochrysa elegans, a species found in Costa Rica
  • Chrysopidia elegans, a species found in China and Nepal
Family Myrmeleontidae (antlions)
  • Creoleon elegans, a species (Myrmeleontinae) found in Iran
Order Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies)
Suborder Epiprocta
  • †Campterophlebia elegans, an extinct species (†Campterophlebiidae) from the Jurassic of Germany
Suborder Zygoptera (damselflies)
  • Chlorolestes elegans, a sylph (Synlestidae) found in Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe
  • Calopteryx elegans, a synonym for Calopteryx angustipennis, the Appalachian jewelwing, a species (Calopterygidae) endemic to the United States
Order Orthoptera (crickets and grasshoppers)
Suborder Caelifera (grasshoppers)
Family Acrididae
  • Cyphocerastis elegans, a species found in Africa
Subfamily Acridinae
  • Calephorus elegans, a synonym for Calephorus compressicornis, French name: Criquet des dunes, a species found in France, Spain and Africa
Subfamily Oxyinae
  • Caryanda elegans (Bolívar, 1911), a synonym for Caryanda modesta, a species
  • Caryanda elegans Bolívar, 1918, a synonym for Caryanda neoelegans, a species
Subfamily Catantopinae (spur-throated grasshoppers)
  • Catantops elegans or Cryptocatantops elegans, synonyms for Cryptocatantops debilis, a species (Catantopini) found in Namibia
  • Chitaura elegans, a species found in Indo-Malaysia
Subfamily Gomphocerinae (slant-faced grasshoppers)
  • Clinocephalus elegans, a synonym for Dichromorpha elegans, the short-winged grasshopper
Subfamily Oedipodinae
  • Chortoicetes elegans, a synonym for Chortoicetes terminifera, the Australian plague locust
Family Pyrgomorphidae (gaudy grasshoppers)
  • Chlorizeina elegans, a synonym for Chlorizeina unicolor unicolor, a species found in Asia
Subfamily Eyprepocnemidinae
  • Cataloipus elegans, a synonym for Cataloipus cognatus, a species found in Asia (India, Pakistan) and Africa (Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa)
Family Euschmidtiidae
  • Chloromastax elegans, a synonym for Apteropeoedes elegans, a species (Pseudoschmidtiinae) found in Madagascar
Suborder Ensifera
  • Ceuthophilus elegans, a cave cricket (Rhaphidophoridae) found in the United States
Family Tettigoniidae (long-horned grasshoppers)
  • Clonia elegans, a synonym for Clonia melanoptera, the giant black-winged clonia, a predatory katydid (Saginae) found in South Africa
  • Coptaspis elegans, a species (Conocephalinae)
Order Phthiraptera (lice)
  • Campanulotes elegans, a species parasite on the brush bronzewing, a bird in the pigeon family endemic to Australia
Order Psocoptera (booklice and barklice)
Suborder Troctomorpha
  • Compsocus elegans, a species (Compsocidae) found in Central America
Suborder Psocomorpha
  • Caecilius elegans, a synonym for Valenzuela elegans, a species of lizard barklice (Caeciliusidae) found in Haiti and the Hispaniola island
  • Colpostigma elegans, a synonym for Thyrsopsocus elegans, a species (Psocidae) found in Brazil
Order Trichoptera (caddisflies)
  • †Cretapsyche elegans, an extinct species (Dysoneuridae) from the Late Cretaceous of Myanmar
Hexapods, class Entognatha
Order Collembola
  • Cryptopygus elegans, a slender springtail (Entomobryidae) found in Argentina
Arthropods, subphylum Crustacea (crustaceans), class Branchiopoda (branchiopods)
Order Spinicaudata (spinicaudatans)
  • †Congestheriella elegans, an extinct species of branchiopods (†Afrograptidae) from the Upper Jurassic
Arthropods, crustaceans, class Maxillopoda (maxillopodans), subclass Copepoda (copepods)
Order Calanoida (calanoids)
  • Calanus elegans, a synonym for Calanus finmarchicus, a species (Calanidae) part of zooplankton found in enormous amounts in the northern Atlantic Ocean
  • Calocalanus elegans, a marine species (Calocalanidae) found in the Canaries, Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and sub-Antarctic waters
  • Centropages elegans, a marine species (Centropagidae)
Order Cyclopoida (cyclopoids)
  • Cyclopinodes elegans (syn. Cyclopina elegans or Cyclopinoides elegans), a marine species (Cyclopinidae) found in Scotland
  • Cyclops elegans, a freshwater species (Cyclopidae)
Order Siphonostomatoida
  • Caligus elegans or Caligulus elegans, synonyms for Caligus curtus, a sea louse (Caligidae) parasite of the Atlantic cod
  • Collocheres elegans, a species (Asterocheridae) found in the British Isles and western Norway infesting the black brittle star
Arthropods, crustaceans, class Malacostraca (malacostracans)
Order Isopoda (isopods)
  • Cancricepon elegans (syn. Cepon elegans), a species that parasitises the crab Pilumnus hirtellus from French and Great Britain's waters
  • Clianella elegans, a synonym for Dynoides elegans, a species found in California
  • Cymothoa elegans, a parasitic species found in the Java Sea
Order Cumacea (cumaceans)
  • Chalarostylis elegans
  • Cyclaspis elegans
Order Decapoda (decapods)
  • Calcinus elegans, the elegant hermit, a hermit crab (Diogenidae) found in the Indo-West Pacific region
  • †Callianassa elegans, an extinct species (Callianassidae) from Java
  • Choniognathus elegans, a crab (Majidae) found in South Africa
  • Cuapetes elegans, a shrimp (Palaemonidae)
Order Amphipoda (amphipods)
  • Caprellinoides elegans
Arthropods, crustaceans, class Ostracoda (ostracods)
Order Halocyprida
  • Conchoecia elegans, a synonym for Discoconchoecia elegans, a species (Halocypridae) found in Norway
Order †Palaeocopida
  • †Cystomatochilina elegans, an extinct species (†Eurychilinidae) from the Silurian of central Bohemia, Czech Republic
Order Podocopida
Family Cytheridae
  • †Cytherideis elegans, an extinct species from the Quaternary of Sicily
Family Cyprididae
  • Chlamydotheca elegans, a freshwater species (Cypridinae) found in Colombia
  • Cypricercus elegans, a freshwater species (Cypricercinae) found in Colombia
Family Leptocytheridae
  • Callistocythere elegans (syn. Cythere elegans), a species from the Gulf of Naples, Italy
Arthropods, unranked Arachnomorpha (arachnomorphs), subphylum Chelicerata (chelicerates), class Arachnida (arachnids)
Order Araneae (spiders)
Infraorder Mygalomorphae (mygalomorphs)
Family Dipluridae (funnel-web tarantulas)
  • Caledothele elegans, a species found in New Caledonia
  • Cethegus elegans, a species found in Queensland
Family Theraphosidae (tarantulas)
  • Cyriocosmus elegans, a species found in Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago
Infraorder Araneomorphae (araneomorphs)
Family Eutichuridae
  • Cheiracanthium elegans, a species found in Europe and Central Asia
Family Gnaphosidae (ground spiders)
  • Camillina elegans, a species found in the Caribbean, in Angola and in the Pacific Islands
  • Cesonia elegans, a species found on St. Vincent, Dominica
Family Linyphiidae (sheet weavers)
  • Cnephalocotes elegans, a synonym for Silometopus elegans, a species found in Europe
Family Salticidae (jumping spiders)
  • Chalcoscirtus elegans, a synonym for Rogmocrypta elegans a species (Hisponinae) found in New Caledonia and the Philippines
  • Cyrene elegans, a synonym for Phiale elegans, a species found in Panama
Family Stiphidiidae (sheetweb spiders)
  • Cambridgea elegans, a species found in New Zealand
Family Tetragnathidae (long-jawed orb weavers)
  • Callinethis elegans, a synonym for Opadometa fastigata, the pear-shaped leucauge, a species (Leucauginae) found in India to the Philippines and Sulawesi
Family Theridiidae
  • Chrysso elegans, a synonym for Chrysso albomaculata, a species found in the United States, the West Indies to Brazil
Order Pseudoscorpiones (pseudoscorpions)
Superfamily Cheliferoidea, family Chernetidae
  • Chelifer elegans, a synonym for Mesochernes elegans, a species found in Venezuela
  • Chrysochernes elegans, a species found in New Mexico, United States
Superfamily Cheiridioidea
  • Cryptocheiridium elegans (syn. Cubanocheiridium elegans), a species (Cheiridiidae) found in Cuba
Superfamily Chthonioidea
  • Cryptoditha elegans, a species (Tridenchthoniidae) found in Brazil
Superfamily Garypoidea
  • Calocheiridius elegans, a species (Olpiidae) found in India
Order Opiliones (harvestmen)
  • Caelopygus elegans, a species found in Brazil
  • Carinostoma elegans, a species found in Hungary
  • Cereatta elegans, a species found in Cameroon
Order Scorpiones (scorpions)
  • Centruroides elegans (syn. Centrurus elegans), a species (Buthidae) found in Mexico
  • †Compsoscorpius elegans, an extinct species from the Carboniferous of France and the United Kingdom
Arthropods, Arachnomorpha, chelicerates, arachnids, subclass Acari (mites)
Order Trombidiformes
  • Colopalpus elegans, a synonym for Tenuipalpus elegans, a flat mite (Tenuipalpidae)
  • Cubanohydracarus elegans, a species (Hungarohydracaridae) found in Cuba
Arthropods, unranked Arachnomorpha (arachnomorphs), subphylum †Trilobitomorpha, class †Trilobita (trilobites)
Order †Agnostida
  • †Cyclagnostus elegans, a synonym for Acmarhachis elegans, an extinct species (†Agnostidae) from the Upper Cambrian of the USSR
Order †Asaphida
  • †Costonia elegans, a species (†Trinucleidae) from the Ordovician of South Shropshire, England
Order †Phacopita
  • †Coronocephalus elegans, an extinct species (†Encrinuridae) from the Silurian of China
Order †Ptychopariida
  • †Conocephalites elegans, a synonym for †Bailiaspis elegans, an extinct species (†Conocoryphidae) from the Cambrian
Arthropods, subphylum Myriapoda (myriapods), class Chilopoda (centipedes)
Order Scolopendromorpha
  • Cormocephalus elegans, a species (Scolopendridae) found in North Africa

Superphylum Lophotrochozoa, phylum Mollusca (molluscs)

Class Gastropoda (gastropods)
Clade Caenogastropoda
Superfamily †Paleostyloidea
  • †Cheilotomona elegans, an extinct marine species (†Goniasmatidae) from the Triassic of Guizhou Province, China
Clade Architaenioglossa, superfamily Cyclophoroidea
  • †Craspedopoma elegans, an extinct species (Craspedopomatidae or Maizaniidae) from the Miocene of Germany
  • Cyclophorus elegans, a species (Cyclophoridae) found in China
  • Cochlostoma elegans, a land snail (Cochlostomatidae) found on the island of Pag in Croatia
Clade Hypsogastropoda
Clade Littorinimorpha
  • Capulus elegans (syn. Capula elegans), a sea snail (Capulidae)
  • Constantia elegans, a sea snail (Vanikoridae) found in Japan
  • Cyclostoma elegans, a synonym for Pomatias elegans, the round-mouthed snail, a land snail (Pomatiidae) common in southern Europe
  • Cyclostrema elegans, a synonym for Adeorbis elegans, a sea snail (Tornidae)
  • †Cypraedia elegans (syn. Cypraea elegans or Cypraeovula elegans), a sea snail (Pediculariidae) from the Eocene Europe
Superfamily Naticoidea
  • Choristes elegans, a synonym for Amauropsis islandica, the Iceland moonsnail, a predatory sea snail (Naticidae)
Superfamily Rissooidea
  • Caecum elegans, a synonym for Caecum trachea, a minute sea snail (Caecidae) found on rocky shores in European waters
  • Cingula elegans, a synonym for Peringiella elegans, a species (Rissoidae)
Superfamily Stromboidea
  • †Chenopus elegans, a synonym for †Digitolabrum elegans, an extinct species (Aporrhaidae) from the Eocene of Egypt
Clade Neogastropoda
  • Cancellaria elegans, a synonym for Merica elegans, the elegant nutmeg, a sea snail (Cancellariidae) found off the Philippines, Indonesia, western Thailand and Queensland
  • Coronium elegans, a sea snail (Muricidae) found off the southeastern coast of Brazil
  • Cryptospira elegans, a sea snail (Marginellidae) found in Asia
Superfamily Buccinoidea
  • Cantharus elegans, a true whelk (Buccinidae) found in Panama and Mexico
  • Columbella elegans, a synonym for Cotonopsis turrita, a sea snail (Columbellidae) found in western America
Clade Neogastropoda, superfamily Conoidea
  • Cochlespira elegans, a sea snail (Cochlespiridae) found in the Caribbean Sea, the Gulf of Mexico and the Greater Antilles
  • Comitas elegans, a sea snail (Turridae)
Family Conidae
  • Conasprella elegans (syn. Conus elegans G. B. Sowerby III, 1895), a sea snail found from Somalia to Pakistan and off Western Australia
  • Conus elegans Schepman, 1913, a synonym for Conasprella comatosa, a sea snail found in the Pacific Ocean off Japan, the Philippines, northwest Australia, New Caledonia and the Solomon Islands
Family Drilliidae
  • Cerodrillia elegans, a sea snail found off Espírito Santo, Brazil
Informal group Ptenoglossa, superfamily Triphoroidea
  • Cerithiopsida elegans (syn. Cerithiopsis elegans), a sea snail (Newtoniellidae) found in the Kuril Islands
Clade Sorbeoconcha, superfamily Cerithioidea
  • Cerithium elegans, a fossil sea snail (Cerithiidae)
Clade Heterobranchia, clade Euthyneura
  • Caloria elegans, a colorful sea slug (Facelinidae) found in European waters
  • Chilina elegans, an air-breathing freshwater snail (Chilinidae) found in Chile
  • Chromodoris elegans, a synonym for Felimare picta, a sea slug (Chromodorididae) found throughout the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern North Atlantic Ocean
  • Chrysallida elegans, a synonym for Liamorpha elegans, a sea snail (Pyramidellidae) found in the European waters
  • Coenocharopa elegans, the elegant pinwheel snail, an air-breathing land snail (Charopidae) found in Queensland, Australia
Informal group Opisthobranchia
  • Cyerce elegans, a sacoglossan sea slug (Caliphyllidae)
Clade Euopisthobranchia, clade Cephalaspidea
Superfamily Philinoidea
  • Chelidonura elegans, a synonym for Chelidonura hirundinina, a sea slug (Aglajidae) found in the western Indo-Pacific and the Caribbean Sea
Clade Panpulmonata, clade Eupulmonata, clade Stylommatophora
Informal group Sigmurethra
Superfamily Clausilioidea
  • Columbinia elegans, an air-breathing land snail (Clausiliidae) found in Peru
Superfamily Punctoidea
  • †Calogoniodiscus elegans, an extinct species (Discidae) from the Tertiary
Clade Vetigastropoda
  • Choristes elegans var. tenera, a synonym for Choristella tenera, a sea snail (Lepetellidae) found in the Atlantic Ocean off New Jersey and North Carolina, United States
Superfamily Seguenzioidea
  • †Calliomphalus elegans, an extinct species (Calliotropidae) from the Cretaceous of Siberia
Superfamly Trochoidea
  • Calliostoma elegans , a synonym for Laetifautor elegans, a sea snail (Calliostomatidae) found in Japan
  • Chunula elegans, a synonym for Liotella elegans, a marine species (Skeneidae) found off the Northern Territory, Australia
Class Bivalvia (bivalves)
Subclass Pteriomorphia
Order Arcoida
  • †Cucullaea elegans, an extinct species of false ark shells (Cucullaeidae) from the north of Germany
Order Mytiloida
  • †Crenella elegans, an extinct species (Mytilidae) from the Lutecian of France
Order Ostreoida
  • †Crassostrea elegans (syn. †Cubitostrea elegans), an extinct species of true oysters (Ostreidae)
Order Pterioida
  • Crenatula elegans, a synonym for Crenatula picta, a marine species (Pteriidae) known from Madagascar and the Red Sea
Subclass Heterodonta
Order Myoida
Family Corbulidae
  • †Caestocorbula elegans, an extinct saltwater clam from the Eocene of Belgium
  • †Corbulamella elegans (syn. Corbula elegans), an extinct clam from the Cretaceous of France
Order Carditoida
  • †Carbonicola elegans, an extinct species of saltwater clams (Anthracosiidae) that lived during the Carboniferous period of the United Kingdom
  • Chama elegans, Centrocardita elegans or Cardita elegans (Requien, 1848), synonyms for Centrocardita aculeata, a marine clam (Carditidae) found in the Mediterranean Sea and the European part of the North Atlantic Ocean
  • †Cyclocardia elegans (syn. Cardita elegans (Lamarck, 1806)), an extinct clam (Carditidae) from the Eocene of France
Order Veneroida (veneroids)
  • †Callista elegans, an extinct clam (Veneridae) from the Eocene of France
  • Callocardia elegans, a synonym for Dosinia concentrica, the West Indian dosinia, a species of saltwater clam (Veneridae) found in Caribbean waters
  • †Corbicula elegans, an extinct species of fresh and brackish water clams (Cyrenidae)
  • Cumingia elegans, a synonym for Thyellisca lamellosa, a marine clam (Semelidae)
  • †Cypricardinia elegans, an extinct species (Cardiniidae) from the Devonian of Maryland, United States
Superfamily Lucinoidea
  • †Cavilucina elegans Fischer, 1887, an extinct species (Lucinidae) from the Lutetian of France
  • Cavilucina elegans (Deshayes, 1823) or Corbis elegans, a synonym for Fimbria soverbii, a species (Fimbriidae)
Suborder Sphaeriacea
  • Cyclas elegans, a synonym for Sphaerium rhomboideum, the rhomboid fingernailclam, a freshwater species (Sphaeriidae) found in North America
Order Pholadomyoida
  • Cetoconcha elegans (syn. Cribrosoconcha elegans), a saltwater clam (Poromyidae)
  • †Clavagella elegans, an extinct marine species (Clavagellidae) from the Cretaceous of Algeria
  • Cuspidaria elegans, a species (Cuspidariidae) found in Indonesia, the Philippines and the South China Sea
Class Cephalopoda (cephalopods), subclass †Ammonoidea (ammonites)
  • †Crendonites elegans, a species from the Upper Jurassic of Greenland
Order †Ammonitida
  • †Cleviceras elegans, an extinct species (Hildoceratidae) from the Early Jurassic of Europe, Siberia and Canada
  • †Crioceras elegans (probable synonym of †Crioceratites elegans), an extinct species (Crioceratitidae) from the Cretaceous of Germany
  • †Crioceratites elegans, an extinct species (Crioceratitidae) from the Early Cretaceous
Order †Ceratitida (ceratitids)
  • †Ceccaisculitoides elegans, an extinct species (Paragoceratidae) from the Triassic of Nevada
  • †Paraceratites elegans (synonym †Ceratites elegans), an extinct species from the Triassic of China and Israel
Order †Goniatitida
  • †Cancelloceras elegans, an extinct species (Gastrioceratidae) from the Carboniferous of the Russian Federation, Navada (United States) and Uzbekistan
Subclass Nautiloidea (nautiloids)
Order Nautilida
  • †Cymatoceras elegans, a species (Cymatoceratidae) from the Cretaceous of Switzerland and the United Kingdom
Class Aplacophora
Order Chaetodermatida
  • Chaetoderma elegans, a glisten worm (Chaetodermatidae) found in the eastern Pacific
Class Scaphopoda (scaphopods)
Order Gadilida
  • Costentalina elegans, a species (Entalinidae) found in Australia and the Indian Ocean
Class Polyplacophora (chitons)
Order Chitonida
  • Craspedochiton elegans (syn. Craspedoplax elegans), a species (Acanthochitonidae)
Mollusca incertae sedis (gastropods or monoplacophorans)
Not yet assigned to an order, superfamily †Bellerophontoidea
  • †Conradella elegans or †Cyrtolites elegans, synonyms for †Phragmolites elegans, an extinct species (†Bucaniidae) from the Ordovician of Ohio

Lophotrochozoa, phylum Bryozoa (bryozoans)

Class Gymnolaemata
Order Cheilostomata
  • Carbasea elegans, a species (Flustridae) found in Australia
  • Catenicella elegans, a species (Catenicellidae) found in New Zealand
  • Characodoma elegans, a species (Cleidochasmatidae) found in the South China Sea
  • †Coscinopleura elegans, an extinct species (Coscinopleuridae) from the Paleocene of Denmark
  • Cupuladria elegans, a species (Cupuladriidae) from the Nansha Islands sea area
Class Stenolaemata
Order Cyclostomatida
  • Cinctipora elegans, a species (Cinctiporidae) found in New Zealand
  • Crisia elegans, a species (Crisiidae) from Cape of Good Hope in South Africa
  • †Cyrtopora elegans, an extinct marine species from the Cretaceous of Europe
Order †Cystoporida
  • †Coscinium elegans, an extinct species (†Hexagonellidae) from the Paleozoic rocks of the western states and territories of the United States
  • †Cystodictya elegans, an extinct species (†Cystodictyonidae) from the Upper Carboniferous of Oklahoma, United States
Order Rhabdomesida
  • †Clausotrypa elegans, an extinct species (Nikiforovellidae) from the Permian of northeast China
Order †Trepostomatida
  • †Callocladia elegans, an extinct species (†Crustoporidae) from the Devonian or Carboniferous of the Park City Formation in Idaho, Wyoming and Utah

Lophotrochozoa, phylum Brachiopoda (brachiopods)

Class Craniata, order Craniopsida
  • †Craniops elegans, an extinct species (Craniopsidae) from the Ordovician of Estonia
Class Rhynchonellata
Order Athyridida
  • †Cleiothyridina elegans, an extinct species (Athyrididae) from the Mississippian of Oklahoma
Order Rhynchonellida
  • †Camarotoechia elegans, an extinct species (†Trigonirhynchiidae) from the Ordovician and Silurian of the Siberian platform
  • †Caucasorhynchia elegans, an extinct species (Allorhynchidae) known from the Triassic of Slovakia
  • †Cyclothyris elegans, an extinct species (†Cyclothyrididae) from the Mastrichian (Upper Cretaceous) of Belgium
Order Terebratulida
  • †Cubanothyris elegans, an extinct species (†Angustothyrididae) from the Triassic of Russian Federation
Class †Strophomenata
Order †Strophomenida
  • †Chonetes elegans L.B. Smyth 1922, a synonym for †Chonetes speciosus, an extinct species (†Chonetidae) found in Ireland
  • †Crinistrophia elegans, a synonym for †Douvillinella (Crinistrophia) elegans, an extinct species (†Douvillinidae) from the Devonian of the Czech Republic and Germany
Order †Productida
  • †Chonetes elegans L. G. de Koninck, 1847, a synonym for †Plicochonetes elegans, an extinct species (†Rugosochonetidae)

Lophotrochozoa, phylum Nemertea (nemertean worms)

Class Enopla
Order Hoplonemertea
  • Cyanonemertes elegans, a marine species from Washington state, United States

Lophotrochozoa, phylum Annelida (annelids)

Class Polychaeta (polychaete worms)
Order Phyllodocida
  • Chrysopetalum elegans, a synonym for Bhawania goodei, a species (Chrysopetalidae) found in tropical waters around the world
Order Canalipalpata
  • Corephorus elegans, a synonym for Terebellides stroemii, a species (Terebellidae)

Superphylum Platyzoa

Phylum Rotifera (rotifers), class Eurotifera
Order Ploima
  • Cephalodella elegans, a species (Notommatidae) found on Mount Desert Island, in Hancock County, Maine, United States
Order Bdelloidea
  • Callidina elegans, the graceful callidina, a freshwater species (Adinetidae)

Platyzoa, phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms)

Class Monogenea
Order Dactylogyridea
  • Calceostoma elegans, a synonym for Calceostoma calceostoma, a species (Calceostomatidae) parasite of the brown meagre (Sciaena umbra) in the Mediterranean
Class Rhabditophora
Order Rhabdocoela
  • Cicerina elegans, a species (Cicerinidae) from the bay of Great Peter of the Sea of Japan
Class Trematoda (trematodes)
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  • Cercaria elegans Tang, 1992 nec Mueller in La Valette, 1855, the cercarial form of a species of trematodes parasite of marine bivalves in Hong Kong[2][3]
Order Plagiorchiida
  • Choanocotyle elegans, a species (Choanocotylidae) that infects Australian freshwater turtles
Class Turbellaria
Order Prolecithophosra
  • Cylindrostoma elegans, a synonym for Pseudostomum klostermanni, a marine species (Pseudostomidae) found in the Black and Mediterranean seas and in the European waters of the North Atlantic Ocean

Platyzoa, phylum Gastrotricha (gastrotrichs)

Order Chaetonotida
  • Chaetonotus elegans, a species (Chaetonotidae) found in freshwaters of Europe

Animals incertae sedis

Class Chitinozoa (chitinozoans)

Order Prosomatifera
  • †Conochitina elegans, an extinct species (Conochitinidae) of the Silurian of the Baltic Sea

Eukaryotes, unikonts, opisthokonts, kingdom Fungi

Subkingdom Dikarya (higher fungi), phylum Ascomycota (ascomycetes or sac fungi)

Subphylum Pezizomycotina

Class Arthoniomycetes
Order Arthoniales
  • Coniocarpon elegans, a synonym for Arthonia elegans, a lichen (Arthoniaceae)
Class Dothideomycetes
Order Capnodiales
  • Capnodium elegans, a synonym for Acrogenotheca elegans, a species (Capnodiaceae) found in Australia and New Zealand
  • Cladosporium elegans, a plant pathogen (Davidiellaceae) found on leaves of oranges in Italy
Order Microthyriales
  • Chaetothyriothecium elegans, a species (Microthyriaceae) found in central Thailand
Order Pleosporales
  • Campsotrichum elegans, a synonym for Periconia elegans, a species (incertae sedis)
  • Cheiromoniliophora elegans, a species (incertae sedis)
Class Laboulbeniomycetes
Order Laboulbeniales
Family Laboulbeniaceae
  • Chitonomyces elegans, a species
  • Corethromyces elegans, a species found on Rhexius inculptus (ant-loving beetles) in the United States
  • Cryptandromyces elegans, a species found in the Netherlands
  • Cucujomyces elegans, a species found in Argentina
Class Lecanoromycetes
Order Teloschistales
  • Caloplaca elegans or Callopisma elegans, synonyms for Xanthoria elegans, a species of lychenized fungi (Teloschistaceae) with a circumpolar and alpine distribution
Order Lecanorales
  • Cenomyce elegans, a species of lychenized fungi (Cladoniaceae)
Order Acarosporales
  • Chiliospora elegans, a synonym for Myriospora elegans, a species of lichenized fungi (Acarosporaceae)
Order Peltigerales
  • Coccocarpia elegans, a species of lichenized fungi (Coccocarpiaceae) found in Brazil
Class Leotiomycetes
Order Helotiales
  • Cornularia elegans, a species (Dermateaceae) found in Italy
Class Orbiliomycetes
Order Orbiliales
  • Candelabrella elegans, a synonym for Arthrobotrys elegans, a species (Orbiliaceae) found on dung
Class Sordariomycetes
  • Canalisporium elegans, a lignicolous species (incertae sedis) found in Malaysia
Order Chaetosphaeriales
  • Chaetosphaeria elegans, a species (Chaetosphaeriaceae)
Order Diaporthales
  • Cytospora elegans, a species (Valsaceae)
Order Microascales
  • Ceratopodium elegans, a species (Microascaceae)
  • Chalara elegans, a synonym for Thielaviopsis basicola, a plant pathogen (Ceratocystidaceae)
Order Hypocreales
Family Hypocreaceae
  • Cladobotryum elegans, a species
Family Nectriaceae
  • Cephalodiplosporium elegans, a species
  • Corallomycetella elegans (syn. Corallomyces elegans), a parasite of the rubber, tea and cacao trees
  • Cylindrocladiella elegans, a species
Ascomycota incertae sedis
  • Catenospegazzinia elegans, a species found in Western Australia
  • Cephalosporium elegans, a synonym for Botryosporium pulchrum, a plant pathogen that causes leaf mold in geraniums
  • Ceratosporella elegans, a synonym for Ceratosporella bicornis, a species
  • Collemopsidium elegans, a lichenized fungus found in Europe and in North and South America
  • Corethropsis elegans, a species found in association with the sugarcane in Argentina
  • Corynesporina elegans, a species

Higher fungi, phylum Basidiomycota (basidiomycetes)

Subdivision Agaricomycotina

Class Agaricomycetes
Order Agaricales (gilled mushrooms)
  • Calcarisporium elegans a species (Catathelasmataceae) known from São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Clitocybe elegans, a synonym for Armillaria heimii, a species (Physalacriaceae) that causes root rot on tea trees in eastern Africa
  • Collybia elegans a synonym for Marasmius elegans, the velvet parachute, a species (Marasmiaceae) found in eucalypt forests in Australia
  • Conocybe elegans, a species (Bolbitiaceae) found in Denmark
  • Cortinarius elegans, a species (Cortinariaceae)
  • Cyathus elegans, a synonym for Cyathus stercoreus, the dung-loving bird's nest, a species (Nidulariaceae)
  • Cystodermella elegans (syn. Cystoderma elegans), a species (Agaricaceae) found in the Congo
  • Cyphella elegans (syn. Chaetocypha elegans), a species (Cyphellaceae), possibly an unavailable name
Order Boletales
  • Coniophora elegans, a species (Coniophoraceae)
  • Cricunopus elegans, a synonym for Suillus grevillei, Greville's bolete or larch bolete, a species (Suillaceae) found in Europe and Asia
Order Cantharellales
Family Cantharellaceae
  • Cantharellus elegans Saut., 1841, a mushroom, possibly an unavailable name
  • Craterellus elegans, a species
Family Clavulinaceae
  • Clavaria elegans, a synonym for Clavulina cristata, a species
Order Phallales
  • Caromyxa elegans, Caryomyxa elegans or Corynites elegans, synonyms for Mutinus elegans, the elegant stinkhorn, the dog stinkhorn, the headless stinkhorn or the devil's dipstick, a species (Phallaceae) found in Japan, Europe and eastern North America
  • Colus elegans, a synonym for Pseudocolus fusiformis, the stinky squid, a species (Phallaceae) found in the United States, Australia, Japan, Java and the Philippines
Order Polyporales
  • Cantharellus elegans Berk. & Broome, 1875, a synonym for Merulius berkeleyi, a species (Meruliaceae)
  • Cymatoderma elegans (syn. Cladoderris elegans), a species (Meruliaceae) found in Indonesia

Subphyllum Pucciniomycotina

Class Cystobasidiomycetes
  • Cyrenella elegans, a fungus (order incertae sedis)
Class Pucciniomycetes
Order Pucciniales (rusts)
  • Caeoma elegans, a species (not yet assigned to a family)
  • Caeomurus elegans or Coeomurus elegans, synonyms for Uromyces elegans, a species (Pucciniaceae)

Other fungi

Phylum Blastocladiomycota

Class Blastocladiomycetes
Order Blastocladiales
  • Coelomomyces elegans, a species (Coelomomycetaceae) found on Culex gelidus in Sri Lanka

Phylum Chytridiomycota

Class Chytridiomycetes
Order Chytridiales
  • Chytridium elegans, a species (Chytridiaceae)
  • Chytriomyces elegans, a saprophytic species (Chytriomycetaceae)
Order Cladochytriales
  • Cladochytrium elegans, a synonym for Nowakowskiella elegans, a species (Cladochytriaceae)

Phylum Zygomycota (zygote fungi)

Class Zygomycetes, order Mucorales
Family Mucoraceae
  • Chaetocladium elegans, a species
  • Chaetostylum elegans , a synonym for Helicostylum elegans, a species
Family Cunninghamellaceae
  • Cunninghamella elegans, a species found in soil and also used as a model of mammalian xenobiotics metabolism

Eukaryotes, unranked Bikonta (bikonts), kingdom Archaeplastida

Division Rhodophyta (red algae)

Class Stylonematophyceae

Order Stylonematales
  • Callonema elegans, a synonym for Stylonema alsidii (Stylonemataceae), a marine species with a worldwide distribution

Class Florideophyceae

Order Bonnemaisoniales
  • Calocladia elegans, a synonym for Delisea elegans, a species (Bonnemaisoniaceae)
Order Ceramiales
  • Callithamnion elegans, a synonym for Gymnothamnion elegans, a species (Wrangeliaceae) found in South Africa
  • Capraella elegans, a synonym for Martensia elegans, a species (Delesseriaceae) found in South Africa
  • Ceramium elegans or Conferva elegans, synonyms for Ceramium diaphanum var. elegans, a red alga (Ceramiaceae)
Order Colaconematales
  • Colaconema elegans, a marine species (Colaconemataceae) found in Korea, California and Brazil
Order Gigartinales
  • Chondracanthus elegans, a red alga (Gigartinaceae)
  • Claudea elegans, a marine species (Delesseriaceae) found in tropical waters in Australia, India, Pakistan and Brazil
Order Peyssonneliales
  • Cruoriella elegans, a species (Peyssonneliaceae) found in the southern islands of Japan

Class Rhodophyceae

Order Corallinales
Family Corallinaceae (coralline algae)
  • Cheilosporum elegans, a synonym for Jania cultrata, a species (Corallinoideae)
  • Corallina elegans, a species (Corallinoideae) from the Mediterranean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Corallina elegans Lenormand ex Areschoug, 1852, a synonym for Jania rubens var. corniculata, a subspecies (Corallinoideae)

Subkingdom Plantae (plants)

(Informal group green algae), division Chlorophyta (chlorophytes)

Class Chlorophyceae
Order Chaetophorales
  • Chaetophora elegans, a species (Chaetophoraceae)
Order Charales
  • Chara elegans, a species (Characeae)
Order Chlorosarcinales
  • Chlorosarcina elegans, a terrestrial species (Chlorosarcinaceae)
Order Cladophorales
  • Cladophora elegans f. major, a synonym for Cladophora vagabunda, a marine species (Cladophoraceae) with a worldwide distribution
Order Volvocales
  • Chlamydobotrys elegans, a synonym for Pyrobotrys elegans, a species (Spondylomoraceae)
  • Chlamydomonas elegans, a freshwater species (Chlamydomonadaceae)
  • Chlorogonium elegans, a species (Haematococcaceae)

Unranked Streptophyta (streptophytes), (green algae), division Charophyta (charophytes)

Class Zygnematophyceae
Order Desmidiales
  • Closterium elegans, a synonym for Closterium setaceum, a species (Closteriaceae) with a worldwide distribution
  • Cosmarium elegans, a synonym for Cosmarium tetragonum var. elegans, a subspecies (Desmidiaceae)
Order Zygnematales
  • Conjugata elegans, a species (Zygnemataceae)

Streptophytes, unranked Embryophyta (embryophytes) (non-vascular plants or bryophytes)

Division Marchantiophyta (liverworts)
Class Jungermanniopsida, order Jungermanniales
  • Cephaloziella elegans (syn. Cephalozia elegans), a species (Cephaloziellaceae) found in the Russian Federation
  • Ceramanus elegans, a leafy liverwort (Lepidoziaceae) found in New Zealand
  • Cololejeunea elegans, a species (Lejeuneaceae) found in Cameroon
Division Bryophyta (mosses)
Class Bryopsida, order Hypnales
  • Chaetomitrium elegans, a species (Symphyodontaceae)
  • Cleistostoma elegans, a synonym for Dendropogonella rufescens, a species (Cryphaeaceae) found in South America

Streptophytes, embryophytes, unranked Tracheophyta (vascular plants)

Division Pteridophyta (ferns), class Pteridopsida (leptosporangiate ferns)
Order Polypodiales (or Athyriales)
  • Cyclosorus elegans, a species (Thelypteridaceae) found in China
Unranked Spermatophyta (spermatophytes), division Cycadophyta, class Cycadopsida (cycads)
Order and family unknown
  • †Cycadophyllum elegans, an extinct species from the Triassic of Germany
Spermatophytes, division †Pteridospermatophyta (seed ferns)
Order †Medullosales
Family †Cyclopteridaceae
  • †Cyclopteris elegans Lesquereux, 1854, an extinct species from the Carboniferous of Pennsylvania, United States
  • †Cyclopteris elegans Unger, 1856
  • †Cyclopteris elegans Achepohl, 1883, an extinct species from Westphalia, Germany
Spermatophytes, basal angiosperms
Order Nymphaeales
  • Castalia elegans, a synonym for Nymphaea elegans, the tropical royalblue water-lily, an aquatic plant (Nymphaeaceae) found in Louisiana, Florida and Texas in the United States, in Oaxaca in Mexico and in Antioquia in Colombia
Spermatophytes, angiosperms (flowering plants), dicotyledons
Eudicots, asterids, order Asterales
Family Asteraceae
Subfamily Asteroideae
  • Calea elegans, a synonym for Perymenium acuminatum, a species (Heliantheae) found in Mexico
  • Calostelma elegans, a synonym for Liatris elegans, the pinkscale gayfeather, pinkscale blazingstar or elegant blazingstar, a species (Eupatorieae) native to the southeastern United States
  • Calycadenia elegans, a synonym for Calycadenia pauciflora, the smallflower western rosinweed, a species (Madieae) found in California
  • Chaetopappa elegans, a synonym for Ionactis elegans, the Sierra Blanca least-daisy, a species (Astereae) found only in New Mexico in the western United States
  • Chevreulia elegans, a synonym for Chevreulia acuminata, a species (Gnaphalieae) found in South America
  • Chrysothamnus elegans, a synonym for Chrysothamnus viscidiflorus subsp. lanceolatus, the yellow rabbitbrush or green rabbitbrush, a species (Astereae) found in North America
  • Coreopsis elegans or Calliopsis elegans, two synonyms for Coreopsis tinctoria, the plains coreopsis, a species (Coreopsideae) common to much of the United States
  • Crassina elegans, a synonym for Zinnia elegans, a species (Heliantheae) native to Mexico
Subfamily Carduoideae
  • Centaurea elegans, a synonym for Centaurea cineraria, the velvet centaurea, a species (Cynareae) found in Italy
  • Cousinia elegans, a synonym for Cousinia multiloba, a species (Cynareae) found in Afghanistan
Subfamily Cichorioideae
  • Cacalia elegans, a synonym for Lessingianthus elegans, a species (Vernonieae) found in Bolivia
  • Crepis elegans, a synonym for Askellia elegans, the elegant hawksbeard, a species (Cichorieae) found in North America
Subfamily Mutisioideae
  • Chaetanthera elegans, a species (Mutisieae) found in Chile
  • Clarionea elegans, a synonym for Perezia magellanica, a species (Nassauvieae) found in Argentina and Chile
Family Campanulaceae
  • Campanula elegans, a species (Campanuloideae)
  • Clintonia elegans, a synonym for Downingia elegans, the elegant calicoflower or Californian lobelia, a species (Lobelioideae) native to western North America from California to British Columbia
Eudicots, asterids, order Lamiales
  • Caldenbachia elegans, a synonym for Stenandrium pohlii, Portuguese names caiapiá or carapiá, a species (Acanthaceae) native to the Cerrado and Pantanal vegetation of Brazil
  • Callitriche elegans, a synonym for Callitriche palustris, the spiny water starwort, a species of aquatic plants (Plantaginaceae)
  • Castilleja elegans, the elegant Indian paintbrush, a herbaceous plant (Orobanchaceae) found in Canada
  • Chionanthus elegans, a synonym for Chionanthus crassifolius, a species (Oleaceae) found in Brazil
  • Citharexylum elegans, a synonym for Rhaphithamnus venustus, the Juan Bueno, a species (Verbenaceae) endemic to the Juan Fernández Islands, an archipelago west of Chile
  • Clytostoma elegans, a species (Bignoniaceae)
Family Gesneriaceae
  • Chirita elegans, a synonym for Primulina swinglei, a species found in China and Vietnam
  • Codonanthe elegans, a species found in Belize
  • Columnea elegans, a synonym for Columnea minor, a species found in Ecuador
  • Cyrtandra elegans, a species found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Family Lamiaceae
  • Callicarpa elegans, a species found in the Philippines
  • Colquhounia elegans, a shrub found in Asia
  • Condea elegans, a species (Nepetoideae) found in South America
Eudicots, asterids, order Gentianales
Family Apocynaceae
  • Capuronetta elegans, a synonym for Tabernaemontana capuronii, a species (Rauvolfioideae) found in Madagascar
  • Centrostemma elegans or Cyrtoceras elegans, synonyms for Hoya celebica, a species (Asclepiadoideae) found in Indonesia
  • Ceropegia elegans, a species found in India and Sri Lanka
  • Conopharyngia elegans, a synonym for Tabernaemontana elegans, the toad tree, a species (Rauvolfioideae) found eastern Africa
  • Cryptolepis elegans, a synonym for Cryptolepis sinensis, a species
  • Cynanchum elegans, the white-flowered wax plant, a species found in New South Wales in Australia
Family Rubiaceae
  • Cleisocratera elegans, a synonym for Saprosma elegans, a species (Rubioidea) found in Indonesia
  • Condaminea elegans, a species found in Peru
  • Coprosma elegans, a species found in New Guinea
Eudicots, asterids, order Solanales
Nightshades (family Solanaceae)
  • Calibrachoa elegans, a plant found in Minas Gerais in Brazil
  • Cestrum elegans, the purple cestrum, a plant (Cestroideae)
Family Convolvulaceae
  • Convolvulus elegans, a synonym for Bonamia elegans, a plant found in Myanmar
  • Cuscuta elegans, a synonym for Cuscuta babylonica var. elegans, a species found in Iraq and Turkmenistan
Eudicots, asterids, order Apiales
Family Apiaceae
  • Carum elegans, a synonym for Bunium elegans, a species (Apioideae, Pyramidoptereae) found in Syria
  • Chaerophyllum elegans, a species (Apioideae, Scandiceae, Scandicinae) found in the Alps from Switzerland, France and Italy
  • Cryptotaenia elegans, also known in Spanish as perejil de Monteverde (parsley of Monteverde), a species (Apioideae, Oenantheae) endemic to the Canary Islands
Eudicots, asterids, order Ericales
  • Chrysophyllum elegans Raunk. ex Warm., a synonym for Chrysophyllum flexuosum, a tree (Sapotaceae) found in Brazil
  • Chrysophyllum elegans (Vink) Baehni, a synonym for Pycnandra elegans, a tree (Sapotaceae) found in New Caledonia
  • Cleyera elegans, a synonym for Freziera undulata, a species (Pentaphylacaceae) found in the Caribbean
  • Cyclamen elegans, a plant (Primulaceae) found in northern Iran and southeastern Azerbaijan
Eudicots, rosids, order Celastrales
  • †Celastrinites elegans, an extinct species (Celastraceae) from the Eocene Florissant fossil bed of Colorado
Eudicots, rosids, order Malvales
Family Cistaceae
  • Cistus elegans, a synonym for Cistus salviifolius, the sage-leaved rock-rose, salvia cistus or Gallipoli rose, a species native to the Mediterranean region, in southern Europe and parts of western Asia and North Africa
Family Malvaceae
  • Callianthe elegans, a plant (Malveae) found in Brazil
  • Cola elegans, a species of trees (Sterculioideae) found in Gabon
  • Cristaria elegans, a plant native to Chile
Eudicots, rosids, order Myrtales
Family Myrtaceae
  • Calyptranthes elegans, a species found in the Lesser Antilles
  • Calyptromyrcia elegans, a synonym for Myrcia guianensis, the pedra-ume-caá, a species (Myrtoideae) found in South America
  • Carpolepis elegans, a synonym for Metrosideros elegans, a tree endemic to New Caledonia
  • Caryophyllus elegans, a synonym for Syzygium elegans, a species found in New Caledonia
Family Melastomataceae
  • Carionia elegans, a species
  • Clidemia elegans, a synonym for Clidemia hirta, the soapbush or Koster's curse, an invasive species found in many tropical regions of the world
Other families
  • Clarkia elegans, a synonym for Clarkia unguiculata, the elegant clarkia, a species (Onagraceae) found in California
  • Combretum elegans, a synonym for Combretum rotundifolium, the monkey brush, a species (Combretaceae) found in South America
  • Crypteronia elegans, a tree (Crypteroniaceae) found in Sarawak
  • Cuphea elegans, a species (Lythraceae) native to Brazil
Eudicots, rosids, order Fabales
Family Fabaceae (legumes)
  • Calliandra elegans, a species (Mimosoideae) found in Brazil
  • Callisemaea elegans, a species found in Mesoamerica
  • Cassia elegans, a synonym for Senna septemtrionalis, the arsenic bush, a species (Caesalpinioideae)
  • Cavaraea elegans, a synonym for Tamarindus indica, the tamarind, a species (Detarioideae) indigenous to tropical Africa
  • Chamaefistula elegans, a synonym for Senna obliqua, a species (Caesalpinioideae, Cassieae) found in Peru
  • Chesneya elegans, a species (Faboideae) found in Turkey
  • Chorizema elegans, a synonym for Chorizema varium, a species (Faboideae) found in Australia
  • Coronilla elegans, a synonym for Securigera elegans, a species
  • Crotalaria elegans, a synonym for Crotalaria peduncularis, a species (Faboideae, Crotalarieae) found in India
  • Cryptosepalum elegans, a species (Caesalpinioideae) found in Angola
Eudicots, rosids, order Fagales
Family Casuarinaceae
  • Casuarina elegans, a synonym for Allocasuarina littoralis, the black sheoak, black she-oak or river black-oak, a species endemic to Australia
Eudicots, rosids, order Malpighiales
Family Salicaceae
  • Casearia elegans, a synonym for Casearia bartlettii, a species found in Belize and Guatemala
Family Euphorbiaceae
  • Chamaesyce elegans, a synonym for Euphorbia elegans, a species (Euphorbioideae)
  • Claoxylon elegans, a synonym for Claoxylon longifolium, a species (Acalyphoideae) found in Assam, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Caroline Islands
Crotonoids (subfamily Crotonoideae)
  • Codiaeum elegans, a synonym for Codiaeum variegatum, the garden croton or variegated croton, a plant (Codiaeae) native to Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia and the western Pacific Ocean islands
  • Croton elegans, a shrub (Crotoneae) endemic to the Ecuadorean Andes
Family Calophyllaceae
  • Calophyllum elegans, a tropical tree found in Asia
  • Clusiella elegans, a species found in Colombia
Eudicots, rosids, order Brassicales
  • Capparis elegans (syn. Capparidastrum elegans), a species (Capparaceae) found in Brazil
  • Corynandra elegans, the elegant spider-flower, a species (Cleomaceae) found in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, India
Family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • Capsella elegans, a synonym for Capsella bursa-pastoris, the shepherd's purse, a species native to eastern Europe and Asia Minor but naturalized elsewhere
  • Chorispora elegans or Chorispermum elegans, synonyms for Chorispora sabulosa, a species found in China and Pakistan
  • Clypeola elegans, a species found in Turkey
Eudicots, rosids, order Rosales
Family Rhamnaceae
  • Ceanothus elegans, a synonym for Ceanothus thyrsiflorus, the blueblossom or blue blossom ceanothus, a species endemic to California
Family Rosaceae
  • Chabertia elegans, a species
  • Coluria elegans, a synonym for Coluria longifolia, a species (Rosoideae) found in China
  • Cotoneaster elegans, a species (Amygdaloideae) found in China
  • Crataegus elegans, a synonym for Crataegus monogyna, the common hawthorn or single-seeded hawthorn, a species (Amygdaloideae) native to Europe, northwest Africa and western Asia
Eudicots, rosids, order Sapindales
Family Burseraceae
  • Canarium elegans, a species found in Madagascar
Family Rutaceae
  • Conchocarpus elegans (syn. Cusparia elegans), a species found in Brazil
Family Sapindaceae
  • Cardiospermum elegans, a synonym for Cardiospermum grandiflorum, the balloon vine, heart pea or heart seed, a climbing plant found in Argentina and Brazil
  • Cupania elegans, a horticultural name (a name that has never been validly published in scientific literature) for a species (Sapindoideae)
Eudicots, rosids, order Geraniales
Family Geraniaceae
  • Campylia elegans, a synonym for Pelargonium elegans, a species found in South Africa
Family Vivianiaceae
  • Cissarobryon elegans, a species
Eudicots, rosids, order Vitales
Family Vitaceae
  • Cissus elegans, a species
Eudicots, rosids, order Cucurbitales
Family Begoniaceae
  • Casparya elegans, a synonym for Begonia foliosa, a species found in Colombia and Venezuela
Family Cucurbitaceae
  • Corallocarpus elegans, a species (Cucurbitoideae) found in Africa
  • Cyclanthera elegans, a synonym for Cyclanthera tenuisepala, a species found in Costa Rica
Eudicots, order Ranunculales
Family Menispermaceae
  • Cocculus elegans, a synonym for Cocculus orbiculatus, the queen coralbead, a woody vine found from India east to Java
  • Cyclea elegans, a species found in Sumatra, Malaya, Borneo
Family Papaveraceae
  • Corydalis elegans (syn. Capnoides elegans), a species (Fumarioideae) found in India, China and the western Himalayas
Family Ranunculaceae
  • Cheiropsis elegans, a synonym for Clematis cirrhosa, a species (Ranunculoideae)
Eudicots, core eudicots, order Caryophyllales
  • Calandrinia elegans, a species (Portulacaceae)
  • Calligonum elegans, a plant (Polygonaceae) found in Uzbekistan
  • Cerastium elegans, a synonym for Cerastium cerastoides, a plant (Caryophyllaceae) found in mountain regions of Europe
  • Conophytum elegans, a succulent plant (Aizoaceae)
Family Cactaceae (cacti)
  • Cactus elegans Link, a synonym for Disocactus phyllanthoides, a species (Cactoideae, Hylocereeae) native to Mesoamerica
  • Cactus elegans (DC.) Kuntze, a synonym for Mammillaria elegans, a species (Cactoideae, Cacteae) native to Mexico
  • Cereus elegans, a cactus (Cactoideae, Cereeae)
Eudicots, core eudicots, order Santalales
  • Comandra elegans, a synonym for Comandra umbellata, the bastard toadflax, umbellate bastard toadflax or common comandra, a species found in North America and the Mediterranean
Eudicots, core eudicots, order Saxifragales
  • Crassula elegans, the elegant crassula, a plant (Crassulaceae)
Magnoliids, order Laurales
Family Lauraceae
  • Cinnamomum elegans, a species found in Samoa
  • Cryptocarya elegans, a species
Flowering plants, monocotyledons
Commelinids, order Arecales
Family Arecaceae (palms)
  • Calamus elegans, a species (Calamoideae)
  • Calyptrocalyx elegans, a species (Arecoideae) found in Papua New Guinea and the nearby Maluku Islands
  • Caryota elegans, a species (Coryphoideae, Caryoteae)
  • Chamaedorea elegans (syn. Collinia elegans), the neanthe bella palm or parlour palm, a species (Arecoideae, Hyophorbeae) native to the rainforests in southern Mexico and Guatemala
  • Chamaerops elegans, a synonym for Chamaerops humilis, the European fan palm or the Mediterranean dwarf palm, a cold-hardy species (Coryphoideae, Trachycarpeae) used in landscaping in temperate climates
  • Coccothrinax elegans, a species (Coryphoideae) found in Cuba
  • Cyphophoenix elegans, a species found only in New Caledonia
  • Cyrtostachys elegans, a species (Arecoideae) endemic to New Guinea
Family Dasypogonaceae
  • Calectasia elegans, the elegant tinsel lily, a species found in Western Australia
Commelinids, order Poales
Family Cyperaceae (sedges)
  • Carex elegans, a synonym for Carex limosa, the mud sedge and shore sedge, a species found across North America and Eurasia
  • Cyperus elegans, the royal flatsedge, a species from Central and South America
Family Eriocaulaceae
  • Comanthera elegans, a species found in Minas Gerais, Brazil
Family Poaceae (bamboos and grasses)
Subfamily Chloridoideae
  • Calotheria elegans, a synonym for Enneapogon elegans, a species (Eragrostideae) found in Myanmar and Tamil Nadu, India
  • Chloris elegans, a synonym for Chloris virgata, the feather fingergrass or feather windmillgrass, a species native to many of the warmer temperate, subtropical and tropical regions of the world
  • Ctenium elegans (syn. Campulosus elegans), a species found from Senegal to the Sudan
Subfamily Panicoideae
  • Callichloea elegans, a synonym for Elionurus elegans, a species (Andropogoneae) found in Nigeria and Senegal
  • Cenchrus elegans, a species (Paniceae) found in Malesia
  • Ceresia elegans, a synonym for Paspalum ceresia, a species found in South America
  • Cymbopogon elegans, a species
Subfamily Pooideae (cool-season grasses)
  • Calamagrostis elegans, a synonym for Calamagrostis eminens, a species (Poeae, Agrostidinae) found in South America
  • Calotheca elegans or Chascolytrum elegans, synonyms for Chascolytrum brizoides, a species (Poeae, Brizinae) found in Buenos Aires, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul and Biobio
  • Cynosurus elegans (syn. Chrysurus elegans), a species (Poeae, Cynosurinae) found in southern Europe, northern Africa, Middle East and Turkmenistan
Subfamily Bambusoideae (bamboos)
  • Chusquea elegans, a species (Bambuseae) found in Paraná, Brazil
Commelinids, order Commelinales
Family Commelinaceae
  • Callisia elegans, a synonym for Callisia gentlei var. elegans, a subspecies (Commelinoideae) found in Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala and Honduras
  • Commelina elegans, a synonym for Commelina erecta, the white mouth dayflower or slender dayflower, a perennial herb native throughout the Americas, Africa and western Asia
Commelinids, order Zingiberales
  • Calathea elegans, a plant (Marantaceae) found in Colombia and Panama
  • Canna elegans, a synonym for Canna glauca, a species (Cannaceae) from the wetlands of tropical America
  • Costus elegans, a synonym for Costus malortieanus, a species (Costaceae) found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras
Order Asparagales
Family Amaryllidaceae
  • Crinum elegans, a synonym for Crinum lorifolium, a species (Amaryllidoideae) found in India and Myanmar
Family Asparagaceae
  • Caloscilla elegans, a synonym for Scilla peruviana, the Portuguese squill, a species (Scilloideae) native to the western Mediterranean region in Iberia, Italy and northwest Africa
Family Iridaceae
  • Crocus elegans, a species (Crocoideae) found in Turkey
  • Cypella elegans, a herbaceous plant found in Argentina
Family Orchidaceae (orchids)
Subfamily Orchidoideae (orchidoid orchids)
  • Caladenia elegans (syn. Calonema elegans or Calonemorchis elegans), the elegant spider-orchid, a species found in Western Australia
  • Chloraea elegans, a species found in Argentine
  • Cyclopogon elegans, a species found in Brazil and Argentina
  • Cynorkis elegans, a species found in Madagascar
Subfamily Epidendroideae (epidendroid orchids)
  • Cattleya elegans, a synonym for Cattleya × elegans, a hybrid (Epidendreae, Laeliinae) found in Brazil
  • Cestichis elegans, a synonym for Liparis elegans, a species (Malaxideae) found in Southeast Asia (Indonesia, Papua New Guinea)
  • Cirrhopetalum elegans, an epiphytic species (Dendrobieae, Bulbophyllinae) found in Malaya
  • Cleisostoma elegans, a synonym for Cleisostoma williamsoni, Williamson's cleisostom, a species (Vandeae) found in Asia
  • Crocodeilanthe elegans, a species (Epidendreae, Pleurothallidinae) found from Venezuela to Ecuador
  • Cymbidium elegans (syn. Cyperorchis elegans), a species (Cymbidieae) found in southwestern China
  • Crepidium elegans, a species (Malaxideae) found in Malesia
  • Cyrtopodium elegans, a synonym for Tetramicra canaliculata, a species (Epidendreae, Laeliinae) found in Florida, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and the Lesser Antilles
  • Cephalanthera elegans, a synonym for Cephalanthera erecta, a species (Neottieae, Limodorinae) found in China, Japan, Korea, Kuril Islands, Bhutan, Assam and eastern Himalayas
Subfamily Cypripedioideae (lady's-slippers)
  • Cypripedium elegans (syn. Coelogyne elegans), a species found in Nepal and China
Order Liliales
Family Liliaceae
  • Calochortus elegans (synonym Cyclobothra elegans (Pursh) Benth.), the elegant mariposa lily or cat's ear, a plant found in the western United States from northern California to Montana
  • Cyclobothra elegans Torr., a synonym for Calochortus coeruleus, the beavertail grass or blue star tulip, a species endemic to California
Order Pandanales
Family Cyclanthaceae
  • Carludovica elegans, a species found in Peru
Vascular plants, division Pteridophyta (ferns), class Polypodiopsida
Order Hymenophyllales
  • Cephalomanes elegans, a filmy fern (Hymenophyllaceae)
Order Polypodiales (polypod ferns)
  • Callipteris elegans, a species (Athyriaceae) found in Asia
  • Cheilanthes elegans, a synonym for Cheilanthes myriophylla, the Central American lace fern, a species (Pteridaceae) native as far south as Argentina
  • Colysis elegans, a species (Polypodiaceae) found in China
Vascular plants, division Pteridophyta (ferns), class Pteridopsida
Order Cyatheales (tree ferns)
  • Cyathea elegans, a synonym for Cyathea grevilleana, a species (Cyatheaceae) found in Jamaica
Vascular plants, division Pinophyta (conifers)
Class Pinopsida, order Pinales
Family Cupressaceae
  • †Cunninghamites elegans (syn. Cunninghamia elegans), an extinct species from the Late Cretaceous of Europe
  • Callitris elegans, a species (Callitroideae) described from Australia
Family Pinaceae
  • Cedrus elegans, a synonym for Cedrus libani, the cedar of Lebanon or Lebanon cedar, a species native to the mountains of the eastern Mediterranean basin

Plants awaiting allocation

  • †Circulisporites elegans, a species known from Triassic spores and pollen grains

Eukaryotes, unranked SAR (SAR supergroup)

Unranked Rhizaria

Phylum Retaria

Subphylum Foraminifera, class Globothalamea
Order Rotaliida
  • Cassidulina elegans, a synonym for Globocassidulina elegans, a marine species (Cassidulinidae) found in the Japanese and New Zealand exclusive economic zones
  • †Cibicides elegans, an extinct species (Cibicididae) from the Tertiary of the Dominican Republic
  • Cibusoides elegans, a benthonic species (Heterolepidae) from the Pacific Ocean
  • †Cyclammina elegans, an extinct species (Cyclamminidae) from the Cretaceous of Trinidad and from New Zealand
Subclass Textulariia, order Loftusiida
  • †Cuneolina elegans, an extinct species (†Cuneolinidae) from the Lower Paleogene of Austria
Subclass Textulariia, order Textulariida
  • †Clavulina elegans, a synonym for †Arenodosaria antipodum, an extinct species (Eggerellidae) known from the Miocene of New Zealand
Subphylum Foraminifera, class Tubothalamea
Order Miliolida
  • †Cristellaria elegans, an extinct species (Peneroplidae)
Subphylum Radiozoa (radiolarians), class Polycystina
Order Nassellaria
  • Clathrocyclas elegans, a species (Theoperidae)
  • †Cornutanna elegans, an extinct species from the Miocene of Italy
Order Spumellaria
  • †Cana elegans, an extinct species (†Pantanelliidae) from the Cretaceous of northwest Turkey
  • †Cenellipsis elegans, a species (incertae sedis) from the Paleocene of western Kuban
  • Cromyatractus elegans, a species (incertae sedis) from the north-western Pacific Ocean

Phylum Cercozoa

Class Granofilosea
Order Desmothoracida
  • Clathrulina elegans, a heliozoan species (Clathrulinidae) found in freshwater environments
Class Phaeodaria
Order Phaeogromia or Phaeocalpida
  • Castanidium elegans, a species (Castanellidae) found in the Sargasso Sea and in the current around the Canary Islands

Superphylum Alveolata (alveolates)

Phylum Ciliophora (ciliates)

Class Oligohymenophorea
Order Apostomatida
  • Chromidina elegans, a species (Opalinopsidae) parasite of the cuttlefish Sepia elegans described from Naples, Italy
Order Philasterida
  • Cryptochilum elegans, a synonym for Uronema elegans, a species (Uronematidae) found in Norway
Order Sessilida
  • Cothurnia elegans, a species of pritrichs (Vaginicolidae) found in Australia
Class Phyllopharyngea
Order Exogemmida
  • Cavichona elegans, a species (Spirochonidae)

Phylum Dinoflagellata (dinoglagellates)

Class Dinophyceae
Order Peridiniales
  • Centrodinium elegans, a synonym for Oxytoxum elegans, a species (Oxytoxaceae) found in the Gulf of Mexico, the Lebanese exclusive economic zone waters and the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Corythodinium elegans, a species (Oxytoxaceae) with a worldwide distribution
Order Gonyaulacales
  • Ceratium elegans Schröder, 1906, a synonym for Tripos elegans, a species (Ceratiaceae)
  • †Clathroctenocystis elegans, an extinct species (Microdiniaceae) from the Cretaceous of Alaska, United States
  • †Cleistosphaeridium elegans, a synonym for †Impletosphaeridium elegans, an extinct species (incertae sedis) from the Early Tertiary
Class Noctiluciphyceae
Order Noctilucales
  • Cymbodinium elegans, a marine species (Kofoidiniaceae)

Unranked Chromalveolata (chromalveolates), superphylum Heterokonta or Heterokontophyta (heterokonts)

Phylum Ochrophyta

Class Xanthophyceae (yellow-green algae)
Order Mischococcales
  • Characiopsis elegans, a freshwater species (Characiopsidaceae) described from Arkansas, North America, and Brazil, South America
Class Chrysophyceae (golden-brown algae)
Order Chromulinales
  • Chromulina elegans, a freshwater species (Chromulinaceae) found in Europe, South America and Asia
  • Chrysococcus elegans (syn. Chrysococcocystis elegans), a freshwater species (Dinobryaceae) found in North America
Class Bacillariophyceae (diatoms)
Subclass Coscinodiscophyceae, order Chaetocerotales
  • Chaetoceros elegans, a species (Chaetocerotaceae) found in Taiwan
Subclass Bacillariophycidae, order Achnanthales
  • Cocconeis elegans, a species (Cocconeidaceae) found in Sicily
Orders Cymbellales
  • Cymbella elegans, a species (Cymbellaceae)
Order Surirellales
  • Campylodiscus elegans, a species (Surirellaceae)
Subclass Fragilariophyceae, order Climacospheniales
  • Climacosphenia elegans, a marine pennate species (Climacospheniaceae)
Order incertae sedis
  • †Cladogramma elegans, an extinct species from the scientific voyage of HMS Challenger
  • Cladomphalus elegans, a species from California
  • †Corinna elegans, an extinct species from the Cretaceous of Canada
  • †Cosmiodiscus elegans, an extinct species
  • †Craspedoporus elegans, an extinct marine species from a deposit from Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand
Class Coscinodiscophyceae
Order Coscinodiscales
Family Coscinodiscaceae
  • Coscinodiscus elegans, a species found in the Gulf of Mexico
  • Craspedodiscus elegans, a species

Eukaryotes, unranked Hacrobia (cryptomonads-haptophytes assemblage)

Phylum Haptophyta (haptophytes)

Class Prymnesiophyceae

Order Prymnesiales
  • Chrysochromulina elegans, a species (Prymnesiaceae) found in Baltic Sea in Europe and in Brazil in South America

Phylum Cryptophyta (cryptomonads or cryptophytes)

Class Cryptophyceae

Order Pyrenomonadales
  • Chroomonas elegans, a species (Chroomonadaceae) found in Lake Neusiedl, at the Austria-Hungarian border
Order Cryptomonadales
  • Cryptaulax elegans, a species (Cryptomonadaceae) found in tropical marine sediments

Eukaryotes incertae sedis, unranked Acritarcha (acritarchs)

  • †Cheleutochroa elegans, an extinct species from the Ordovician of Estonia
  • †Coryphidium elegans, an extinct species from the Tremadocian, the lower age of the Ordovocian, of Morocco

(Prokaryota or prokaryotes) domain Bacteria (bacteria)

Phylum Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)

Order Synechococcales

  • Cyanonephron elegans, a freshwater species (Synechococcaceae) described in the Netherlands, Russia and Australia

Domain incertae sedis

  • †Clonophycus elegans, an extinct species of microalgae found in the Barney Creek Formation of the Middle Proterozoic of northern Australia

Species names sorted in alphabetical order

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  • Cacalia elegans
  • Cacia elegans
  • Cacogamia elegans
  • Cacopsylla elegans
  • Cacozelia elegans
  • Cactus elegans
  • Cacyparis elegans
  • Caecilius elegans
  • Caecum elegans
  • Caelopygus elegans
  • Caelostomus elegans
  • Caenorhabditis elegans
  • Caenotherium elegans
  • Caenura elegans
  • Caeoma elegans
  • Caeomurus elegans
  • Caestocorbula elegans
  • Cainotherium elegans
  • Caladenia elegans
  • Calamagrostis elegans
  • Calamaria elegans
  • Calamophylliopsis elegans
  • Calamus elegans
  • Calandra elegans
  • Calandrinia elegans
  • Calanus elegans
  • Calaphidius elegans
  • Calathea elegans
  • Calcarisporium elegans
  • Calceolispongia elegans
  • Calceostoma elegans
  • Calcinus elegans
  • Caldenbachia elegans
  • Calea elegans
  • Calectasia elegans
  • Caledonomorpha elegans
  • Caledothele elegans
  • Calephorus elegans
  • Caliapora elegans
  • Calibrachoa elegans
  • Caligulus elegans
  • Caligus elegans
  • Caliris elegans
  • Callhistia elegans
  • Callianassa elegans
  • Calliandra elegans
  • Callianthe elegans
  • Calliaster elegans
  • Callibracon elegans
  • Callicarpa elegans
  • Callicella elegans
  • Callichloea elegans
  • Callichroma elegans
  • Callidemum elegans
  • Calliderma elegans
  • Callidina elegans
  • Callienispia elegans
  • Calligonum elegans
  • Calligrapha elegans
  • Callimormus elegans
  • Callinethis elegans
  • Calliomphalus elegans
  • Callionima elegans
  • Callionymus elegans
  • Calliopsis elegans
  • Calliostoma elegans
  • Callipepla elegans
  • Calliprason elegans
  • Callipteris elegans
  • Callipterus elegans
  • Calliscelio elegans
  • Callisemaea elegans
  • Callisia elegans
  • Callispa elegans
  • Callista elegans
  • Callisthenes elegans
  • Callistocythere elegans
  • Callistola elegans
  • Callistomimus elegans
  • Callistrophia elegans
  • Calliteara elegans
  • Callithamnion elegans
  • Callitriche elegans
  • Callitris elegans
  • Callizonus elegans
  • Callocardia elegans
  • Callocladia elegans
  • Callocossus elegans
  • Callogorgia elegans
  • Callograptus elegans
  • Callomyia elegans
  • Callonema elegans
  • Callopisma elegans
  • Callopisma elegans
  • Callotillus elegans
  • Callyspongia elegans
  • Calocalanus elegans
  • Calocheiridius elegans
  • Calochortus elegans
  • Calocitta elegans
  • Calocladia elegans
  • Calodromas elegans
  • Calofulcinia elegans
  • Calogoniodiscus elegans
  • Calohilara elegans
  • Calolampra elegans
  • Calonema elegans
  • Calonemorchis elegans
  • Calopezus elegans
  • Calophyllum elegans
  • Caloplaca elegans
  • Calopotosia elegans
  • Calopteryx elegans
  • Caloria elegans
  • Caloscilla elegans
  • Calosoma elegans
  • Calospeira elegans
  • Calosphaera elegans
  • Calostelma elegans
  • Caloteleia elegans
  • Calotheca elegans
  • Calotheria elegans
  • Calycadenia elegans
  • Calyptoproctus elegans
  • Calyptranthes elegans
  • Calyptrocalyx elegans
  • Calyptromyrcia elegans
  • Camallanus elegans
  • Camarotoechia elegans
  • Cambraster elegans
  • Cambridgea elegans
  • Camillina elegans
  • Campanula elegans
  • Campanulotes elegans
  • Camphotherium elegans
  • Campodorus elegans
  • Camponotus elegans
  • Campoplex elegans
  • Campsotrichum elegans
  • Campterophlebia elegans
  • Campulosus elegans
  • Campylia elegans
  • Campylodiscus elegans
  • Campyloneurus elegans
  • Cana elegans
  • Canalisporium elegans
  • Canarium elegans
  • Cancellaria elegans
  • Cancelloceras elegans
  • Cancricepon elegans
  • Candelabrella elegans
  • Canna elegans
  • Cantharellus elegans
  • Cantharus elegans
  • Canthon elegans
  • Capnodium elegans
  • Capnoides elegans
  • Capparidastrum elegans
  • Capparis elegans
  • Capraella elegans
  • Caprellinoides elegans
  • Capromys elegans
  • Capsella elegans
  • Capsodes elegans
  • Capula elegans
  • Capulus elegans
  • Capuronetta elegans
  • Caputoraptor elegans
  • Carbasea elegans
  • Carbonicola elegans
  • Carcharias elegans
  • Cardiacephala elegans
  • Cardiaphyllum elegans
  • Cardiastethus elegans
  • Cardiocondyla elegans
  • Cardioglossa elegans
  • Cardiophorus elegans
  • Cardiorhinus elegans
  • Cardiospermum elegans
  • Cardiosyne elegans
  • Cardita elegans
  • Carenum elegans
  • Carex elegans
  • Carinostoma elegans
  • Carinthiaphyllum elegans
  • Carionia elegans
  • Carludovica elegans
  • Caromyxa elegans
  • Carphurus elegans
  • Carpolepis elegans
  • Carteriospongia elegans
  • Cartodere elegans
  • Carum elegans
  • Carvalhodrymus elegans
  • Caryanda elegans
  • Caryanda elegans
  • Caryomyxa elegans
  • Caryophyllus elegans
  • Caryota elegans
  • Casearia elegans
  • Casparya elegans
  • Casphalia elegans
  • Cassia elegans
  • Cassidulina elegans
  • Castalia elegans
  • Castanidium elegans
  • Castilleja elegans
  • Casuarina elegans
  • Catalabus elegans
  • Catalebeda elegans
  • Catalina elegans
  • Cataloipus elegans
  • Catantops elegans
  • Catapaecilma elegans
  • Catascopus elegans
  • Catenicella elegans
  • Catenipora elegans
  • Catenospegazzinia elegans
  • Catharesthes elegans
  • Catopygus elegans
  • Cattleya elegans
  • Caucasorhynchia elegans
  • Caulophacus elegans
  • Caulospongia elegans
  • Caupolicana elegans
  • Cautires elegans
  • Cavaraea elegans
  • Cavernularia elegans
  • Cavichona elegans
  • Cavilucina elegans
  • Cayluxotherium elegans
  • Ceanothus elegans
  • Ceccaisculitoides elegans
  • Cecidocharella elegans
  • Cecidomyia elegans
  • Cedrus elegans
  • Celastrinites elegans
  • Celeus elegans
  • Cenchrus elegans
  • Cenellipsis elegans
  • Cenomyce elegans
  • Centaurea elegans
  • Centridermichthys elegans
  • Centrinaspis elegans
  • Centris elegans
  • Centrocardita elegans
  • Centrocerum elegans
  • Centrodinium elegans
  • Centropages elegans
  • Centrophthalmus elegans
  • Centropyxiella elegans
  • Centrostemma elegans
  • Centruroides elegans
  • Centrurus elegans
  • Cephalanthera elegans
  • Cephalaspis elegans
  • Cephalochetus elegans
  • Cephalodella elegans
  • Cephalodiplosporium elegans
  • Cephalomanes elegans
  • Cephaloplatus elegans
  • Cephalosporium elegans
  • Cephalostenus elegans
  • Cephalota elegans
  • Cephalozia elegans
  • Cephaloziella elegans
  • Cepon elegans
  • Cerachalcis elegans
  • Ceraeochrysa elegans
  • Ceramanus elegans
  • Cerambix elegans
  • Cerambyx elegans
  • Ceramium elegans
  • Cerapachys elegans
  • Ceraspis elegans
  • Cerastium elegans
  • Ceratites elegans
  • Ceratium elegans
  • Ceratodus elegans
  • Ceratomyxa elegans
  • Ceratopodium elegans
  • Ceratosporella elegans
  • Cercaria elegans
  • Cerceris elegans
  • Cercinthus elegans
  • Cerdistus elegans
  • Cereatta elegans
  • Ceresia elegans
  • Cereus elegans
  • Cerithiopsida elegans
  • Cerithiopsis elegans
  • Cerithium elegans
  • Cerobates elegans
  • Cerodrillia elegans
  • Ceropales elegans
  • Ceropegia elegans
  • Ceroplesis elegans
  • Cesonia elegans
  • Cestichis elegans
  • Cestrotus elegans
  • Cestrum elegans
  • Cethegus elegans
  • Cetoconcha elegans
  • Cetonia elegans
  • Ceuthophilus elegans
  • Ceutorhynchus elegans
  • Chabertia elegans
  • Chaenon elegans
  • Chaerocampa elegans
  • Chaerodrys elegans
  • Chaerophyllum elegans
  • Chaetanthera elegans
  • Chaetoceros elegans
  • Chaetocladium elegans
  • Chaetocypha elegans
  • Chaetoderma elegans
  • Chaetomitrium elegans
  • Chaetonotus elegans
  • Chaetopappa elegans
  • Chaetophora elegans
  • Chaetosphaeria elegans
  • Chaetospila elegans
  • Chaetostylum elegans
  • Chaetothyriothecium elegans
  • Chalara elegans
  • Chalarostylis elegans
  • Chalcogenia elegans
  • Chalcoscirtus elegans
  • Chalcosyrphus elegans
  • Chalinissa elegans
  • Chalinodendron elegans
  • Chalinopsilla elegans
  • Chama elegans
  • Chamaedorea elegans
  • Chamaefistula elegans
  • Chamaemyia elegans
  • Chamaerops elegans
  • Chamaesyce elegans
  • Championa elegans
  • Chandleria elegans
  • Chapra elegans
  • Chara elegans
  • Characiopsis elegans
  • Characodoma elegans
  • Charadrius elegans
  • Chariaster elegans
  • Chariessa elegans
  • Chariesthes elegans
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See also

  • C. c. elegans (disambiguation)
  • C. inelegans (disambiguation)
  • C. elegantissima (disambiguation) and C. elegantissimum (elegantissima-mum meaning "most elegant")
  • C. elegantula (disambiguation) ("elegantula" is a diminutive form of "elegans", hence has the meaning of small and elegant)
  • C. elegans elegans (disambiguation)
  • Available name / Unavailable name (terms used in zoology)
  • Validly published name (terms used in botany)

References

1. ^A Study of the Gasterostome Cercariae of the Huron River. Arthur E. Woodhead, Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, Vol. 55, No. 4 (Oct., 1936), pages. 465-476, {{doi|10.2307/3222530}}
2. ^Tang, C. T. (1992). Some larval trematodes from marine bivalves of Hong Kong and freshwater bivalves of coastal China. In Proceedings of the fourth international marine biological workshop: The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China (ed. Morton, B.). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China III. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. vol. 1, pages 18-28.
3. ^Cercaria elegans Tang, 1992 nec Mueller in La Valette, 1855 at WoRMS
  • "C. elegans is a valid abbreviation for 41 different species in the NCBI taxonomy." Linnaeus: A species name identification system for biomedical literature. Martin Gerner, Goran Nenadic and Casey M Bergman, BMC Bioinformatics, 2010, volume 11, page 85, {{doi|10.1186/1471-2105-11-85}}

External links

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  • AlgaeBase
  • Atlas of Living Australia
  • [https://www.biolib.cz/en/main/ BioLib.cz]
  • Barcode of Life Data System
  • [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/ Wikimedia Commons]
  • Encyclopedia of Life
  • Fishbase
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20140731140924/http://fossilworks.org/ Fossilworks]
  • Index Fungorum
  • Insectoid.info
  • Louisiana State Arthropod Museum
  • Mycobank
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718090827/http://www.paleodb.org/ Paleontology DB]
  • The Reptile Database
  • Tropicos
  • [https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/ Wikispecies]
  • World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
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