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Acalepha

Hydrozoa - Trachylinida - Cuninidae

Taxonomy
Acalepha is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cuninidae by Bayer et al. (1956); and to Trachylinida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Acalepha Bayer et al. p. F72
2002Acalepha Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumCnidariaHatschek 1888
subphylumMedusozoa
classHydrozoaOwen 1843
RankNameAuthor
orderTrachylinida
suborderNarcomedusinaHaeckel 1879
familyCuninidaeBroch 1929
genusAcalepha

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available