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Calyptopora Boschma, 1968 
AphiaID: 174809

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 Calyptopora reticulata Boschma, 1968 (type by original designation)
Parent Stylasteridae Gray, 1847
Sources  basis of record: Cnidaria Antarctic checklist (look up in IMIS) [details]

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

redescription: Cairns, S.D., 1991. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). Mem. N.Z. oceanogr. Inst. 98 : 1-99. [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 Calyptopora reticulata Boschma, 1968
Species Calyptopora sinuosa Cairns, 1991

Species Calyptopora complanata (Pourtalès, 1867) accepted as Stylaster complanatus Pourtalès, 1867
Environment marine, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Depth range: 260-2100 m [details]
Images 
New Zealand Pyre Seamount, Graveyard seamount complex
[image from typetaxon]
New Zealand Pyre Seamount, Graveyard seamount complex
added on 2010-11-08 - author: Schnabel, Kareen ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Graveyard Seamount, New Zealand
[image from typetaxon]
Graveyard Seamount, New Zealand
added on 2010-11-09 - author: NIWA/ DTIS Seabed Image ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174809
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-07-14 09:00:06Z  created  Claus, Simon
2006-09-07 06:51:43Z  changed  Martinez, Olga
2010-09-27 12:53:37Z  checked  Schuchert, Peter
2010-11-21 17:12:16Z  changed  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S.; Schuchert, P. (2013). Calyptopora Boschma, 1968. In: Schuchert, P. (2013) World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174809 on 2013-06-20
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