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Crypthelia vetusta

Hydrozoa - Stylasterina

Taxonomy
Crypthelia vetusta was named by Wells (1976). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Vaingana, Eua Island, which is in an Eocene basin reef limestone in Tonga.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. ingens, C. zibrowii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Crypthelia vetusta Wells

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderStylasterina
genusCryptheliaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1849
speciesvetusta

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Crypthelia vetusta Wells 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available