Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Medusozoa > Class Hydrozoa > Subclass Hydroidolina > Order Anthoathecata > Suborder Filifera > Family Stylasteridae

Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Crypthelia affinis Moseley, 1879
Crypthelia medioatlantica Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992
Crypthelia tenuiseptata Cairns, 1986
Crypthelia vascomarquesi Zibrowius & Cairns, 1992

Literature

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. Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences, Paris. 29: 67-73.
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
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	Boschma H. (1956). Milleporina and Stylasterina. In: Moore RC (ed) Treatise on invertebrate paleontology F. Coelenterata. Geological Society of America & University of Kansas Press. F90–F106.
redescription	Cairns, S.D. (2015). Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa: Anthoathecata) of the New Caledonian Region. Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 28. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 207. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris. 361 + 1 cd-rom pp.
redescription	Cairns, S.D. (1983). Antarctic and subantarctic Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). In: Biology of the Antarctic Seas, XIII. Antarctic Research Series. 38 (2): 61-164.
redescription	Cairns, S.D. (1991). The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydroida). New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. 98: 1-179, pls. 1-77.
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.
redescription	Cairns, S.D. (1986). A revision of the Northwest Atlantic Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 418: 1-131.
redescription	Cairns, S.D. (1985). Three new species of Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 98(3): 728-739.
redescription	Cairns, S.D. (1983). A generic revision of the Stylasterina (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 1. Description of the genera. Bulletin of Marine Science. 33(2): 427-508.
redescription	Cairns S.D. (1986b). Stylasteridae (Hydrozoa: Hydroida) of the Galapagos Islands. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 426: 1-42.
redescription	Zibrowius, H. & S.D. Cairns. (1992). Revision of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Stylasteridae (Cnidaria: Hydrozoa). Mémoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, série A, Zoolologie. 153: 1-136.
identification resource	Cairns, S.D. (1992). A generic revision of the Stylasteridae (Coelenterata: Hydrozoa). Part 3. Keys to the genera. Bulletin of Marine Science. 49(1-2): 538-545. [1991]. published 27 Jan 1992.

Genbank

Citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117241