Cryptacanthodes Storer [D. H.] 1839:322 [27] Masc. Cryptacanthodes maculatus Storer 1839. Type by monotypy. On p. 27 of separate. Spelled Cryptacanthoides in literature. •Valid as Cryptacanthodes Storer 1839 -- (Mecklenburg et al. 2002:770 [ref. 25968], Mecklenburg 2003:1 [ref. 27297], Shinohara et al. 2011:53 [ref. 31715] as Cryptocanthocephoides, Antonenko et al. 2011:173 [ref. 32454], Radchenko et al. 2011:487 [ref. 32458], Parin et al. 2014:453 [ref. 33547], Schnell & Hilton 2014:185 [ref. 35299], Dyldin & Orlov 2017:76 [ref. 35138]). Current status: Valid as Cryptacanthodes Storer 1839. Cryptacanthodidae.