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Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCrypthelia gigantea Fisher, 1938 
AphiaID: 285783

Classification: Biota > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnimalia (Kingdom) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCnidaria (Phylum) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHydrozoa (Class) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorHydroidolina (Subclass) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorAnthoathecata (Order) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorFilifera (Suborder) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorStylasteridae (Family) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCrypthelia (Genus) > Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCrypthelia gigantea (Species)
Status accepted
Rank Species
Parent Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCrypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
Orig. name Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorCrypthelia gigantea Fisher, 1938
Sources 
redescription Cairns, S.D., 1986. Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 426: 1-42.
page(s): 41 [details]

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Environment marine, terrestrial
Distribution 
From other sources
South Pacific Ocean
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorGalapagos [details]
Links Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo Encyclopedia of Life 
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (4 records) 
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorTo USNM Invertebrate Zoology Cnidaria Collection (Holotype USNM 43273) 
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorTo ITIS
Notes 
From editor or global species database
Checked: verified by a taxonomic editorDepth range 475-784 m [details]

From other sources
Unreviewed: has not been verified by a taxonomic editorBiology calcareous colonies, no free medusae [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:285783
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2008-01-16 10:35:54Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2010-09-24 14:30:52Z  checked  Cairns, Stephen
  
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  Citation: Cairns, S. (2010). Crypthelia gigantea Fisher, 1938. In: Schuchert, P. (2017). World Hydrozoa database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=285783 on 2017-08-17
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