Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative combinations: Benthosema glacialae, Scopelus glacialis
Synonyms: Scopelus mulleri Gill 1861, Scopelus parvimanus Günther 1864, Scopelus scoticus Günther 1887
Belongs to Benthosema according to A. Girone et al. 2006
See also Brzobohaty and Nolf 1996, Fraser-Brunner 1949, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983 and Schwarzhans 1980
Sister taxa: Benthosema concentricus, Benthosema duanformis, Benthosema fibulatum, Benthosema fitchi, Benthosema minutum, Benthosema panamense, Benthosema parafibulatum, Benthosema pinchoti, Benthosema pluridens, Benthosema pterota, Benthosema pterotum, Benthosema suborbitale
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (7 collections), Italy (5)
• Pliocene of Italy (1)
• Miocene of Italy (3)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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