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Thunnus thynnus

Osteichthyes - Scombriformes - Scombridae

Taxonomy
Scomber thynnus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Thynnus thynnus by Woodward (1901); it was recombined as Thunnus thynnus by Collette et al. (2001), Serdy (2004), Monsch and Bannikov (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Scomber thynnus Linnaeus p. 297
1901Thynnus thynnus Woodward p. 455
2001Thunnus thynnus Collette et al. p. 3
2004Thunnus thynnus Serdy p. 236
2011Thunnus thynnus Monsch and Bannikov p. 284

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
Pelagiaria
orderScombriformes
familyScombridae(Rafinesque 1815)
subfamilyScombrinaeRafinesque-Schmaltz 1815
tribeThunnini()
genusThunnusSouth 1845
speciesthynnus(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Thunnus thynnus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2009-07-20 21:50:54
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:50:54
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Holocene or 15.98000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Mexico (Baja California) Thunnus thynnus (52183)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (North Carolina) Thunnus thynnus (52582)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774United Kingdom (England) Thynnus thynnus (58420)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Thynnus thynnus (180348)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Norway Thunnus thynnus (221537)