C. elegans (disambiguation)

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.

Domain Eukaryota (eukaryotes), unranked Unikonta (unikonts)

Unranked Amoebozoa

Subphylum Lobosa, class Tubulinea, order Arcellinida
  • Centropyxiella elegans, a species of family Centropyxidae found in the European waters of the North Atlantic Ocean

Phylum Mycetozoa
Class Myxogastria
Order Stemonitida
Order Liceida
  • Cribraria elegans, a slime mold of family Cribrariaceae found in the United States, Europe and Japan
Class Dictyosteliomycetes / Dictyostelea
Order Dictyosteliales

Unranked Opisthokonta (opisthokonts), unranked Holozoa

Class Choanoflagellatea
Order Craspedida
Family Codonosigidae

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 of family Microcionidae found in the United States part of the North Atlantic Ocean
  • Clathrissa elegans, a synonym for Tedania elegans, a species of family Tedaniidae found in Australia
  • Crella elegans (syn. Cribella elegans or Cribrella elegans), a marine species of family 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 southeast Australia
Order Dictyoceratida
Order Hadromerida
Order Spirophorida
  • Craniella elegans, a marine species of family 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 of family 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)
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 southwest 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
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)
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
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)
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 northwestern 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
Order Rhabditida
Order Strongylida
Strongyloidea, family Chabertiidae
Order Monhysterida
Class Enoplea
Order Dorylaimida
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
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
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
Subfamily Cassidinae (tortoise beetles)
Subfamily Galerucinae
Family Megalopodidae
Superfamily Cucujoidea
Family Endomychidae (handsome fungus beetles)
Family Latridiidae (minute brown scavenger beetles)
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)
Family Melyridae (soft-winged flower beetles)
Superfamily Curculionoidea (weevils)
Family Curculionidae (true weevils)
Subfamily Curculioninae
Subfamily Dryophthorinae
Subfamily Entiminae
Subfamily Scolytinae (bark beetles)
Family Attelabidae (leaf-rolling weevils)
Family Brentidae (straight-snouted weevils)
Superfamily Tenebrionoidea, family Tenebrionidae (darkling beetles)
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)
Family Lucanidae (stag beetles)
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)
Family Lycidae (net-winged beetles)
Superfamily Buprestoidea, family Buprestidae (jewel beetles)
Superfamily Byrrhoidea, family Elmidae (riffle beetles)
Infraorder Staphyliniformia (staphyliniforms)
Superfamily Staphylinoidea (staphylinoids)
Family Staphylinidae (rove beetles)
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
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)
Subfamily Lebiinae
Subfamily Licininae
Subfamily Scaritinae
In other ground beetle subfamilies
Family Coptoclavidae
  • †Coptoclavella elegans, an extinct species from the Cretaceous of Mongolia
Superfamily Dytiscoidea
Family Dytiscidae (diving beetles)
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)
Infraorder Muscomorpha (muscomorphs)
Family Syrphidae (hoverflies)
Subfamily Eristalinae
Subfamily Syrphinae
Family Chloropidae (frit flies)
Other muscomorphs
Infraorder Tabanomorpha (tabanomorphs)
Family Rhagionidae (snipe flies)
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)
Infrorder Tipulomorpha
Infraorder Culicomorpha
Family Chironomidae (nonbiting midges)
Family Culicidae (mosquitoes)
  • Culex elegans, a species (Culicinae), possibly a synonym for Aedes aegypti
Order Hemiptera (true bugs)
Suborder Heteroptera
Infraorder Cimicomorpha
Family Miridae
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
Family Plataspidae
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 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)
Family Formicidae (ants)
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)
Family Crabronidae
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea
Family Braconidae (braconid wasps)
Subfamily Braconinae
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)
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)
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)
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)
Superfamily Zygaenoidea
Family Limacodidae (slug moths)
Superfamily Lasiocampoidea
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)
Subsection Bombycina
Superfamily Bombycoidea (bombycoid moths)
Family Sphingidae (hawk moths)
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)
Subfamily Lymantriinae
  • Calliteara elegans, a synonym for Mpanjaka elegans, a species (Lymantrini) found in Madagascar
Family Nolidae (tuft moths)
Order Mantodea (mantises)
Order Neuroptera (net-winged insects)
Family Ascalaphidae (owlflies)
Family Chrysopidae (green lacewings)
Family Myrmeleontidae (antlions)
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
Subfamily Acridinae
  • Calephorus elegans, a synonym for Calephorus compressicornis, French name: Criquet des dunes, a species found in France, Spain and Africa
Subfamily Oxyinae
Subfamily Catantopinae (spur-throated grasshoppers)
Subfamily Gomphocerinae (slant-faced grasshoppers)
Subfamily Oedipodinae
  • Chortoicetes elegans, a synonym for Chortoicetes terminifera, the Australian plague locust
Family Pyrgomorphidae (gaudy grasshoppers)
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
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
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)
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)
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)
Arthropods, crustaceans, class Ostracoda (ostracods)
Order Halocyprida
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
Family Leptocytheridae
Arthropods, unranked Arachnomorpha (arachnomorphs), subphylum Chelicerata (chelicerates), class Arachnida (arachnids)
Order Araneae (spiders)
Infraorder Mygalomorphae (mygalomorphs)
Family Dipluridae (funnel-web tarantulas)
Family Theraphosidae (tarantulas)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (araneomorphs)
Family Eutichuridae
Family Gnaphosidae (ground spiders)
Family Linyphiidae (sheet weavers)
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)
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
Superfamily Cheiridioidea
Superfamily Chthonioidea
Superfamily Garypoidea
Order Opiliones (harvestmen)
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

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
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
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
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
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
Class Scaphopoda (scaphopods)
Order Gadilida
Class Polyplacophora (chitons)
Order Chitonida
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

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

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)
Cercarial forms

Cercaria can be used as a genus to specify the larval form of a species. Cercaria elegans may refer to such species as Bucephalus elegans[1] or Plagiorchis elegans or Transversotrema elegans

  • 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
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

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
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
Order Pleosporales
Class Laboulbeniomycetes
Order Laboulbeniales
Family Laboulbeniaceae
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
Order Acarosporales
  • Chiliospora elegans, a synonym for Myriospora elegans, a species of lichenized fungi (Acarosporaceae)
Order Peltigerales
Class Leotiomycetes
Order Helotiales
Class Orbiliomycetes
Order Orbiliales
Class Sordariomycetes
Order Chaetosphaeriales
Order Diaporthales
Order Microascales
Order Hypocreales
Family Hypocreaceae
Family Nectriaceae
Ascomycota incertae sedis

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
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

Phylum Chytridiomycota
Class Chytridiomycetes
Order Chytridiales
Order Cladochytriales

Phylum Zygomycota (zygote fungi)
Class Zygomycetes, order Mucorales
Family Mucoraceae
Family Cunninghamellaceae

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
Order Peyssonneliales

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
Order Charales
Order Chlorosarcinales
Order Cladophorales
  • Cladophora elegans f. major, a synonym for Cladophora vagabunda, a marine species (Cladophoraceae) with a worldwide distribution
Order Volvocales

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

Streptophytes, unranked Embryophyta (embryophytes) (non-vascular plants or bryophytes)
Division Marchantiophyta (liverworts)
Class Jungermanniopsida, order Jungermanniales
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)
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
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
Family Lamiaceae
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
Eudicots, asterids, order Solanales
Nightshades (family Solanaceae)
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
Eudicots, rosids, order Myrtales
Family Myrtaceae
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
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
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
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
Eudicots, rosids, order Sapindales
Family Burseraceae
Family Rutaceae
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
Family Vivianiaceae
Eudicots, rosids, order Vitales
Family Vitaceae
Eudicots, rosids, order Cucurbitales
Family Begoniaceae
  • Casparya elegans, a synonym for Begonia foliosa, a species found in Colombia and Venezuela
Family Cucurbitaceae
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
Eudicots, core eudicots, order Caryophyllales
Family Cactaceae (cacti)
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
Magnoliids, order Laurales
Family Lauraceae
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
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
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
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)
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
Family Orchidaceae (orchids)
Subfamily Orchidoideae (orchidoid orchids)
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)
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
Vascular plants, division Pteridophyta (ferns), class Polypodiopsida
Order Hymenophyllales
  • Cephalomanes elegans, a filmy fern (Hymenophyllaceae)
Order Polypodiales (polypod ferns)
  • Callipteris elegans, a synonym for Diplazium fraxinifolium, 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 northwestern Pacific Ocean

Phylum Cercozoa
Class Granofilosea
Order Desmothoracida
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
Class Phyllopharyngea
Order Exogemmida

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

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
Subclass Bacillariophycidae, order Achnanthales
Orders Cymbellales
Order Surirellales
Subclass Fragilariophyceae, order Climacospheniales
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

Eukaryotes, unranked Hacrobia (cryptomonads-haptophytes assemblage)

Phylum Haptophyta (haptophytes)

Class Prymnesiophyceae
Order Prymnesiales

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

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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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
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