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Diaphus befralai

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
D. aeolochrus, D. aequalis, D. alcoholicus, D. altus, D. angulatus, D. apalus, D. audax, D. austriacus, D. barrigonensis, D. bolini, D. brachycephalus, D. cahuzaci, D. capax, D. carsoni, D. cassidiformis, D. caurus, D. chrysorhynchus, D. coatesi, D. crameri, D. crassus, D. curvatus, D. dainichiensis, D. danae, D. debilis, D. depressifrons, D. draconis, D. dumerilii, D. duosensitivus, D. ecuadorensis, D. edwardsi, D. emensus, D. endoi, D. excisus, D. exilis, D. garmani, D. gatunensis, D. gigas, D. grebneffi, D. haereticus, D. hataii, D. holti, D. huatau, D. hypolucens, D. italicus, D. kaiparaensis, D. kakegawaensis, D. kendalli, D. kuroshio, D. larteti, D. longirostris, D. lucida, D. luetkeni, D. manneringi, D. marambionis, D. marwicki, D. meniliticus, D. metopoclampoides, D. microsomus, D. mirus, D. mollis, D. molossus, D. multiserratus, D. nafpaktitisi, D. nanus, D. noboriensis, D. parri, D. paxtoni, D. perspicillatoides, D. perspicillatus, D. poignantae, D. polysarcus, D. prisismetallis, D. problematicus, D. rafinesqui, D. rafinesquii, D. regani, D. richardsoni, D. rodriguezi, D. sauvagei, D. splendidus, D. stafforaensis, D. sulcatus, D. taaningi, D. tenax, D. termophilus, D. theta, D. thiollieri, D. vexillifer, Myctophum (Diaphus) sauvagei

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
genusDiaphusEigenmann and Eigenmann 1890
speciesbefralai

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Messinian or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Diaphus befralai (78437 178120 187503 187504 187505 187506 187507 187596)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece (Crete) Diaphus befralai (207588 207589)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Diaphus befralai (172914 172916 199860 220503)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Diaphus befralai (220507)