Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Synonyms: Dermatostethus Gill 1863, Siphonostoma Rafinesque 1810, Siphostoma Rafinesque 1810, Syrictes Jordan and Evermann 1927
Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1758. Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Editio Decima 1:1-824
Parent taxon: Syngnathidae according to T. Argyriou 2022
See also Agassiz 1835, Arambourg 1925, Arambourg 1927, Bannikov 2014, Bedini et al. 1986, Danil'chenko 1960, David 1943, Fierstine et al. 2012, Fritzsche 1980, Gaudant et al. 1996, Gaudant and Courme 2014, Gaudant et al. 2005, Gaudant et al. 2006, Jerzmanska 1968, Jordan and Gilbert 1919, Pedley 1978 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthognathus, Bryx, Doryrhamphus, Dunckerocampus, Eogastrophinae, Hippocampus, Hipposyngnathinae, Leptonotus, Prosolenostomus, Pshekhagnathinae, Syngnathinae, Syngnathus bolcensis, Syngnathus heckeli
Subtaxa: Siphostoma auliscus Siphostoma exile Syngnathus albyi Syngnathus altus Syngnathus avus Syngnathus breviculus Syngnathus californiensis Syngnathus carinatus Syngnathus emeritus Syngnathus euchrous Syngnathus incertus Syngnathus incompletus Syngnathus insulae Syngnathus leptorhynchus Syngnathus macrobrachium Syngnathus opisthopterus
Ecology: nektonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (1 collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
• Pliocene of Cyprus (1), Greece (3), Italy (5)
• Miocene of Algeria (4), Azerbaijan (2), Cyprus (1), the Czech Republic (1), Greece (5), Italy (10), Malta (1), United States (7: California)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Russian Federation (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 46 collections including 51 occurrences
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