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Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 
AphiaID: 117241

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Cnidaria (Phylum) > Hydrozoa (Class) > Hydroidolina (Subclass) > Anthoathecata (Order) > Filifera (Suborder) > Stylasteridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Typetaxon Crypthelia pudica Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 (type by monotypy)
Parent Stylasteridae Gray, 1847
Synonymised
taxa
  Cryptohelia
Endhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1983. A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. Bull. mar. Sci. 33 2: 427-508. [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1983. Antarctic and subantarctic Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). In: Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XIII. Antarct. Res. Ser. 38 2: 61-164.
page(s): 130 [details]


redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1985. Three new species of Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Proc. biol. Soc. Wash. 98 3: 728-739. [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1986. A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Smithson. Contr. Zool. 418 : 1-131., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0418.pdf [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1988. New records of Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa) from Western Australia, including the description of two new species. Rec. W. Aust. Mus. 14 1: 105-119. [details] [full text]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1991. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). Mem. N.Z. oceanogr. Inst. 98 : 1-99. [details]

redescription: Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns, 1992. Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. Paris, sér. A, Zool. 153 : 1-136. [details]

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1986. Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 426: 1-42. [details]

identification resource: Cairns, S. D., 1992. A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 3. Keys to the genera. Bull Mar. Sci. 49(1-2): 538-545.  [details]

Direct child
taxa

[show all]
 Species Crypthelia affinis Moseley, 1879
Species Crypthelia balia Hickson & England, 1905
Species Crypthelia clausa Broch, 1947
Species Crypthelia cryptotrema Zibrowius, 1981
Species Crypthelia curvata Cairns, 1991
Species Crypthelia cymas Cairns, 1986
Species Crypthelia dactylopoma Cairns, 1986
Species Crypthelia eueides Cairns, 1986
Species Crypthelia floridana Cairns, 1986
Species Crypthelia formosa Cairns, 1983
Species Crypthelia fragilis Cairns, 1983
Species Crypthelia gigantea Fisher, 1938
Species Crypthelia glebulenta Cairns, 1986
Species Crypthelia glossopoma Cairns, 1986
Species Crypthelia insolita Cairns, 1986
Species Crypthelia japonica (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
Species Crypthelia lacunosa Cairns, 1986
Species Crypthelia medioatlantica Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Species Crypthelia micropoma Cairns, 1985
Species Crypthelia papillosa Cairns, 1986
Species Crypthelia peircei Pourtalès, 1867
Species Crypthelia platypoma (Hickson & England, 1905)
Species Crypthelia polypoma Cairns, 1991
Species Crypthelia pudica Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Species Crypthelia ramosa (Hickson & England, 1905)
Species Crypthelia robusta Cairns, 1991
Species Crypthelia stenopoma (Hickson & England, 1905)
Species Crypthelia studeri Cairns, 1991
Species Crypthelia tenuiseptata Cairns, 1986
Species Crypthelia trophostega Fisher, 1938
Species Crypthelia vascomarquesi Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Species Crypthelia vetusta Wells, 1977 †

Species Crypthelia moseleyi Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Crypthelia affinis Moseley, 1879
Environment marine
Fossil range recent + fossil
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Notes  Depth range: 128-2789 m, the deepest known stylasterid [details]

Fossil range: Eocene to Recent [details]

Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]

Spelling: often misspelled Cryptohelia [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117241
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2006-07-31 06:57:06Z  changed  Camba Reu, Cibran
2010-11-21 17:12:16Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2013). Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117241 on 2013-05-20
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