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Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

117241  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117241)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Cnidaria (Phylum)
  4. Medusozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Hydrozoa (Class)
  6. Hydroidolina (Subclass)
  7. Anthoathecata (Order)
  8. Filifera (Suborder)
  9. Stylasteridae (Family)
  10. Crypthelia (Genus)
accepted
Genus
Cryptohelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857 · unaccepted (synonymy)
Endhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Endohelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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  1. Species Crypthelia affinis Moseley, 1879
  2. Species Crypthelia balia Hickson & England, 1905
  3. Species Crypthelia boucheti Cairns, 2015
  4. Species Crypthelia cassiculata Cairns, 2015
  5. Species Crypthelia circumspecta Cairns, 2024
  6. Species Crypthelia clausa Broch, 1947
  7. Species Crypthelia crassa Cairns, 2015
  8. Species Crypthelia crenata Cairns, 2015
  9. Species Crypthelia cryptotrema Zibrowius, 1981
  10. Species Crypthelia curvata Cairns, 1991
  11. Species Crypthelia cymas Cairns, 1986
  12. Species Crypthelia dactylopoma Cairns, 1986
  13. Species Crypthelia defensa Cairns, 2015
  14. Species Crypthelia deforgesi Cairns, 2015
  15. Species Crypthelia dichotoma Cairns, 2024
  16. Species Crypthelia elegans Cairns, 2024
  17. Species Crypthelia eueides Cairns, 1986
  18. Species Crypthelia fascicularis Cairns, 2024
  19. Species Crypthelia floridana Cairns, 1986
  20. Species Crypthelia formosa Cairns, 1983
  21. Species Crypthelia fragilis Cairns, 1983
  22. Species Crypthelia gigantea Fisher, 1938
  23. Species Crypthelia glebulenta Cairns, 1986
  24. Species Crypthelia glossopoma Cairns, 1986
  25. Species Crypthelia gonoreticulum Cairns, 2024
  26. Species Crypthelia insolita Cairns, 1986
  27. Species Crypthelia japonica (Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849)
  28. Species Crypthelia jenniferae Cairns, 2015
  29. Species Crypthelia kelleyi Cairns, 2017
  30. Species Crypthelia lacunosa Cairns, 1986
  31. Species Crypthelia laevigata Cairns, 2015
  32. Species Crypthelia medioatlantica Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
  33. Species Crypthelia micropoma Cairns, 1985
  34. Species Crypthelia modesta Cairns, 2015
  35. Species Crypthelia papillosa Cairns, 1986
  36. Species Crypthelia parapolypoma Cairns, 2015
  37. Species Crypthelia peircei Pourtalès, 1867
  38. Species Crypthelia peteri Cairns, 2015
  39. Species Crypthelia platypoma Hickson & England, 1905
  40. Species Crypthelia polypoma Cairns, 1991
  41. Species Crypthelia pudica Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849
  42. Species Crypthelia ramosa Hickson & England, 1905
  43. Species Crypthelia reticulata Cairns, 2015
  44. Species Crypthelia robusta Cairns, 1991
  45. Species Crypthelia sinuosa Cairns, 2015
  46. Species Crypthelia spiralis Cairns, 2015
  47. Species Crypthelia stenopoma Hickson & England, 1905
  48. Species Crypthelia tenuiseptata Cairns, 1986
  49. Species Crypthelia trophostega Fisher, 1938
  50. Species Crypthelia variabilis Cairns, 2024
  51. Species Crypthelia variegata Cairns, 2015
  52. Species Crypthelia vascomarquesi Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
  53. Species Crypthelia viridis Cairns, 2015
  54. Species Crypthelia voluta Cairns, 2024
  55. Species Crypthelia vulnerabilis Cairns, 2024
  56. Species Crypthelia waltersensis Cairns, 2024
  57. Species Crypthelia moseleyi Hickson & England, 1905 accepted as Crypthelia affinis Moseley, 1879 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  58. Species Crypthelia studeri Cairns, 1991 accepted as Crypthelia stenopoma Hickson & England, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 29: 67-73., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225794
page(s): 69 [details] 
Depth range 85-2789 m, the deepest known stylasterid  
Depth range 85-2789 m, the deepest known stylasterid [details]

Fossil range Eocene to Recent  
Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]
Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117241 on 2025-07-01
Date
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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
2019-12-06 07:33:39Z
changed
Schuchert, Peter
2020-08-02 09:28:08Z
changed
Hoeksema, Bert

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Nomenclature

original description Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1849). Mémoire sur les Polypes appartenant à la famille des Oculinides, au groupe intermédiaire des Pseudastréides et à la famille des Fongides. <em>Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris.</em> 29: 67-73., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1225794
page(s): 69 [details] 

original description (of Cryptohelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1857) Milne Edwards H, Haime J. (1857). Histoire naturelle des coralliaires ou polypes proprement dits 2. Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris. 631 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12403706 [details] 

original description (of Endhelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849) Milne Edwards H, Haime J (1849) Mémoire sur les polypiers appartenant a aux groups naturels des zoanthaires perforés es des zoanthaires tabulés. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences 29: 257-263. [details] 

basis of record van der Land, J.; Vervoort, W.; Cairns, S.D.; Schuchert, P. (2001). Hydrozoa, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 50: pp. 112-120 (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Cairns, S.D. (2015). Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) of the New Caledonian Region. <em>Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 28. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 207. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris.</em> 361 + 1 cd-rom pp., available online at https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/27379
page(s): 245; note: Key to New Caledonian species; table of ampullar types and locations [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Cairns S.D. (1986b). Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 426: 1-42. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1983). A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 33(2): 427-508. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1983). Antarctic and subantarctic Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). In: Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XIII. <em>Antarctic Research Series.</em> 38 (2): 61-164.
page(s): 130 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1985). Three new species of Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). <em>Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.</em> 98(3): 728-739. [details] OpenAccess publication

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1986). A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). <em>Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology.</em> 418: 1-131., available online at http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Zoology/pdf_hi/SCTZ-0418.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

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] OpenAccess publication

redescription Cairns, S.D. (1991). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). <em>New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir.</em> 98: 1-179, pls. 1-77. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

redescription Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). <em>Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoolologie.</em> 153: 1-136. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Identification resource

identification resource Cairns, S.D. (1992). A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 3. Keys to the genera. <em>Bulletin of Marine Science.</em> 49(1-2): 538-545. [1991]. published 27 Jan 1992. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Hexacorallia) Fautin, Daphne G. (2013). Hexacorallians of the World. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details] 

additional source Boschma H. (1956). Milleporina and Stylasterina. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. <em>Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press.</em> F90–F106. [details] 

 
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Depth range 85-2789 m, the deepest known stylasterid [details]

Diagnosis Colonies usually uniplanar, with delicate branches; commensal polynoid polychaete tubes common. Coenosteal texture usually linear-imbricate; nematopores common. Gastro- and dactylopores arranged in cyclosystems, which usually occur exclusively on anterior branch face (in one species bifacial). Gastropore tubes double chambered, divided by a gastropore ring constriction; gastro- and dactylostyles absent. Gastropores covered by a lid of variable length and width. Ampullae usually superficial, female ampullae occurring in lid or proximal cyclosystem wall; male ampullae usually clustered in ring around cyclosystem wall or in lid. Efferent pores of both genders open apically or within upper gastropore chamber. [details]

Fossil range Eocene to Recent [details]

Spelling often misspelled Cryptohelia [details]

Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
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