Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Alternative spelling: Myctophum (Lampanyctus)
Synonyms: Nyctimaster Jordan 1921, Serpa Whitley 1933, Serpe Cuvier and Valenciennes 1849
Parent taxon: Myctophidae according to L. J. Legendre et al. 2020
See also Arambourg 1925, Carnevale 2007, Constantin 1999, David 1943, Denton 2013, Fierstine et al. 2012, Fraser-Brunner 1949, Girone et al. 2006, Heinrich 1969, Martin et al. 2018, Nolf and Steurbaut 1983, Ohe and Araki 1973, Schwarzhans 2013, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013, Schwarzhans and Ohe 2019 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Aethoprora, Diaphinae, Diaphus, Eokrefftia, Eomyctophinae, Eomyctophum, Gymnoscopelinae, Hygophum, Lampanyctinae, Myctophidarum, Myctophinae, Myctophum, Notolychninae, Tachynectes
Subtaxa: Lampanyctus (Lampanyctus) Lampanyctus (Lepidophanes) Lampanyctus (Triphoturus) Lampanyctus alatus Lampanyctus ater Lampanyctus crocodilus Lampanyctus cuprarius Lampanyctus ecnomi Lampanyctus festivus Lampanyctus fraserbrunneri Lampanyctus fraseri Lampanyctus idostigma Lampanyctus intricarius Lampanyctus iselini Lampanyctus joubini Lampanyctus latesulcatus Lampanyctus licatae Lampanyctus longaevus Lampanyctus microchir Lampanyctus microsoma Lampanyctus nicholsi Lampanyctus nobilis Lampanyctus omostigma Lampanyctus peculiaris Lampanyctus petrolifer Lampanyctus photonotus Lampanyctus photothorax Lampanyctus piabilis Lampanyctus polyphotos Lampanyctus popoto Lampanyctus profestus Lampanyctus punctatissimus Lampanyctus pussilus Lampanyctus reductus Lampanyctus regalis Lampanyctus remifer Lampanyctus ritteri Lampanyctus serratus Lampanyctus steinbecki Lampanyctus stilbius Lampanyctus taaningi Lampanyctus waiohaensis Myctophum (Lampanyctus) ecnomi Myctophum (Lampanyctus) licatae Serpa bensoni Serpa blacki Serpa hoffmanni
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (6 collections), Italy (4), Japan (1), United States (1: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Italy (4), Japan (3), United States (1: California), Venezuela (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (4), Angola (2), Gabon (1), Germany (1), Greece (6), Italy (18), Japan (1), New Zealand (7), United States (8: California)
• Oligocene of Romania (1)
Total: 71 collections including 111 occurrences
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