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Cryptophialus

Thecostraca - Cryptophialida - Cryptophialidae

Taxonomy
Cryptophialus was named by Darwin (1854). It is extant. It is the type genus of Cryptophialidae.

It was assigned to Cryptophialidae by Newman et al. (1969) and Chan et al. (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cryptophialus Darwin
1969Cryptophialus Newman et al. p. 271
2021Cryptophialus Chan et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
Mandibulata
RankNameAuthor
PancrustaceaZrzavý and Štys 1997
subphylumCrustaceaBrünnich 1772
classThecostraca(Gruvel 1905)
subclassCirripedia(Rafinesque 1816)
infraclassAcrothoracica(Gruvel 1905)
orderCryptophialidaKolbasov et al. 2009
familyCryptophialidaeGerstaecker 1866
genusCryptophialusDarwin 1854

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. Cryptophialus Darwin 1854
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Diagnosis
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