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Gasterosteus aculeatus (three-spined stickleback)

Actinopteri - Perciformes - Gasterosteidae

Taxonomy
Gasterosteus aculeatus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

Synonyms
  • Pungitius haynesi was named by David (1945). Its type specimen is CIT 10347, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Piru Creek, US 99, which is in a Piacenzian marine shale in the Ridge Formation of California.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Gasterosteus aculeatus by Bell (1973).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus
1902Gasterosteus aculeatus Hay p. 397
1945Pungitius haynesi David p. 315 figs. Fig. 1
2012Gasterosteus aculeatus Fierstine et al. p. 91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
RankNameAuthor
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderPerciformesBleeker 1859
suborderCottioidei
infraorderGasterosteales
familyGasterosteidae
genusGasterosteus
speciesaculeatus

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.

Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus 1758 [three-spined stickleback]
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Invalid names: Pungitius haynesi David 1945 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:38:14
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:38:14
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.62000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246USA (California) Gasterosteus aculeatus (52211)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Pungitius haynesi (204964)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (California) Gasterosteus aculeatus (20173)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (California) Gasterosteus aculeatus (84880 84885)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Gasterosteus aculeatus (20273)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117United Kingdom (Worcestershire) Gasterosteus aculeatus (163070 163075)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Gasterosteus aculeatus (122099)