Cryptaulax Skuja, 1948

Holotype species: Cryptaulax akopos (Skuja) Skuja

Publication details: Skuja, 1948: 363

Original publication and holotype designation: Skuja, H. (1948). Taxonomie des Phytoplanktons einiger Seen in Uppland, Schweden. Symbolae Botanicae Upsalienses 9(3): 1-399, 39 pls.

The most recent alteration to this page was made on 2024-01-02 by E.A. Molinari Novoa.

Taxonomic status: This name is of an entity that is currently accepted taxonomically.

Gender: This genus name is currently treated as feminine.

Most recent taxonomic treatment adopted: Cavalier-Smith, T. (2016). Higher classification and phylogeny of Euglenozoa. European Journal of Protistology 56: 250–276, 2 figs.

Nomenclatural note
Noew name for Spiromonas Skuja, 1939, nom. illeg., priority for Spiromonas Perty, 1852. In zoological nomenclature, Cryptaulax Skuja is preoccupied, by Cryptaulax Tate, 1869 (Mollusca, Gastropoda) and Cryptaulax Cameron, 1906 (Insecta, Hymenoptera); the current name is Cryptaulaxoides Novarino, 1996, q. v. - (19 September 2014) - M.D. Guiry

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E.A. Molinari Novoa in Guiry, M.D. & Guiry, G.M. 02 January 2024. AlgaeBase. World-wide electronic publication, National University of Ireland, Galway. https://www.algaebase.org; searched on 17 June 2025