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Necturus maculosus (mudpuppy)

Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

Taxonomy
Necturus maculosus was named by Rafinesque (1818). It is extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Necturus maculosus Rafinesque
1981Necturus maculosus Estes

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
RankNameAuthor
—Tetrapoda
classAmphibia
orderTemnospondyli()
—Lissamphibia()
—Batrachia(Macartney 1802)
—Caudata(Scopoli 1777)
familyUrodela()
familyProteidaeHogg 1838
genusNecturusRafinesque
speciesmaculosusRafinesque 1818

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Necturus maculosus Rafinesque 1818 [mudpuppy]
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Diagnosis
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