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Machaeracanthus sulcatus

Acanthodii - Machaeracanthidae

Taxonomy
Machaeracanthus sulcatus was named by Newberry (1857).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by P. Vazquez (authorized by M. Clapham) on 2013-02-17

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Machaeracanthus sulcatus Newberry p. 6
1891Machaeracanthus sulcatus Woodward p. 121
1902Machaeracanthus sulcatus Hay p. 332
1979Machaeracanthus sulcatus Denison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
superclassGnathostomata
classAcanthodiiOwen 1846
familyMachaeracanthidaeBurrow and Young 2005
genusMachaeracanthusNewberry 1857
speciessulcatusNewberry 1857

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.

Machaeracanthus sulcatus Newberry 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2009-12-09 04:52:33
Modified: 2009-12-09 06:55:42
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Whittington et al. 1997, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
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