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Cryptocoelia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Cryptocoeliidae

Taxonomy
Cryptocoelia was named by Steinmann (1882) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi Tr Rhae Sepkoski's reference number: 218,978]. It is not extant. Its type is Cryptocoelia zitteli. It is the type genus of Cryptocoeliidae.

It was assigned to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cryptocoeliidae by Finks et al. (2004), Amirhassankhani et al. (2014) and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Cryptocoelia Steinmann
2002Cryptocoelia Sepkoski
2004Cryptocoelia Finks et al. p. 653
2014Cryptocoelia Amirhassankhani et al. p. 295
2015Cryptocoelia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 387

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyCryptocoeliidaeSteinmann 1882
genusCryptocoeliaSteinmann 1882

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. †Cryptocoelia Steinmann 1882
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Cryptocoelia compacta Senowbari-Daryan and Link 2011
Cryptocoelia cylindrica Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Cryptocoelia linki Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Cryptocoelia maxima Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
Cryptocoelia multicanalis Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Cryptocoelia wurmi Senowbari-Daryan and Dullo 1980
Cryptocoelia zitteli Steinmann 1882
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available