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Cryptangia

Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae

Taxonomy
Cryptangia was named by Milne-Edwards and Haime (1848) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi T Plio].

It was assigned to Rhizangiidae by Wells (1956); and to Scleractinia by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. alloiteaui, C. reptans
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. woodi, C. woodii
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Girndt on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Cryptangia Milne-Edwards and Haime
1956Cryptangia Wells
2002Cryptangia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
classAnthozoaEhrenberg 1834
—Hexacorallia()
orderScleractiniaBourne 1900
RankNameAuthor
suborderFaviinaVaughan and Wells 1943
superfamilyFaviicaeGregory 1900
familyRhizangiidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusCryptangiaMilne-Edwards and Haime 1848

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.

G. †Cryptangia Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
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†Cryptangia alloiteaui Kühn 1965
†Cryptangia reptans Chevalier 1961
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubo
Grouping: colonialf
Clonal: yesf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: alternatingo
Asexual: yeso
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2008-02-06 03:08:01
Modified: 2008-02-06 05:08:01
Source: f = family, subo = suborder, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Wells 1956, Kiessling 2008

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France C. sp. (70315)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France C. reptans (70312)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63France C. woodi, C. reptans (163846)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Germany (Bayern) C. alloiteaui (123149)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France C. reptans (70510)
Serravallian - Langhian13.82 - 13.82France C. woodi, C. reptans (163845)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246France C. reptans (70512)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333France C. reptans (163847)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58France (Basse-Normandie) C. reptans (84625) C. woodi, C. reptans (84622 84623)