Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (sea horse)
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Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Synonyms: Farlapiscus Whitley 1931, Hippohystrix Whitley 1940
Parent taxon: Syngnathidae according to J. Zalohar et al. 2009
See also Fritzsche 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthognathus, Bryx, Doryrhamphus, Dunckerocampus, Eogastrophinae, Hipposyngnathinae, Leptonotus, Prosolenostomus, Pshekhagnathinae, Syngnathinae, Syngnathus, Syngnathus bolcensis, Syngnathus heckeli
Subtaxa: Hippocampus ingens Hippocampus sarmaticus Hippocampus slovenicus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Italy (2)
• Miocene of Slovenia (1)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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