MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Crypthelia affinis Moseley, 1879

WoRMS taxon details

Crypthelia affinis Moseley, 1879

AphiaID

117953 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:117953)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Crypthelia Milne Edwards & Haime, 1849

Original name

Crypthelia affinis Moseley, 1879

Synonymised names

Crypthelia moseleyi Hickson & England, 1905 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Moseley HN. (1879). On the structure of the Stylasteridae, a family of the hydroid stony corals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 169 (2): 425-503, pls. 38-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54095514
page(s): legend on pl. 42; note: see https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54095962 [details]

Descriptive notes

Depth range 712-2790 m

Depth range 712-2790 m [details]

Taxonomic citation

Schuchert, P.; Choong, H.; Galea, H.; Hoeksema, B.; Lindsay, D.; Manko, M.; Pica, D. (2025). World Hydrozoa Database. Crypthelia affinis Moseley, 1879. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=117953 on 2025-04-05

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2010-09-24 14:30:52Z

changed

Cairns, Stephen

2023-09-26 18:35:54Z

changed

Schuchert, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Moseley HN. (1879). On the structure of the Stylasteridae, a family of the hydroid stony corals. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. 169 (2): 425-503, pls. 38-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54095514
page(s): legend on pl. 42; note: see https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54095962 [details]

original description (of Crypthelia moseleyi Hickson & England, 1905) Hickson SJ, England HM. (1905). The Stylasterina of the Siboga Expedition. Siboga Exped. Monogr. 8: 1-26, pls. 1-3., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11734977
page(s): 20 [details]

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]

Taxonomy

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. [details] Available for editors

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Other

additional source Cairns, S.D., B.W. Hoeksema & J. van der Land. (1999). Appendix: List of extant stony corals. Atoll Research Bulletin. 459: 13-46. [details]