Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) difformis Koken 1891 (ray-finned fish)

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae

Full reference: E. Koken. 1891. Neue Untersuchungen an tertiaren Fisch-otolithen. Part II. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 43:77-270

Belongs to Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) according to W. Weiler 1950

See also Koken 1891

Sister taxa: Ophidiidarum boettgeri, Ophidiidarum compactus, Ophidiidarum elongatus, Ophidiidarum joachimicus, Ophidiidarum obliquus, Ophidiidarum obotritus, Ophidiidarum seelandicus, Ophidiidarum subregularis, Ophidiidarum symmetricus, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) hybridus, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) marchicus, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) sagittalis, Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) saxonicus

Subtaxa: Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) difformis acutangula Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) difformis hermsdorfensis Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) difformis typus Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) difformis vetusta

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Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore-parasite

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Otolithus (Ophidiidarum) difformis in the database

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