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Entosphenus

Agnatha - Petromyzontiformes - Petromyzontidae

Taxonomy
Entosphenus was named by Gill (1862). It is extant.

It was assigned to Petromyzonidae by Jordan (1963); and to Lampetrinae by Nelson et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Entosphenus Gill p. 317
1963Entosphenus Jordan p. 583
2016Entosphenus Nelson et al. p. 25

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
RankNameAuthor
classAgnathaCope 1889
HyperoartiaMüller 1844
orderPetromyzontiformesBerg 1940
familyPetromyzontidae
subfamilyLampetrinae
genusEntosphenusGill 1862

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.

G. Entosphenus Gill 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2009-12-09 04:57:12
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:08:06
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Whittington et al. 1997
Collections
No collection or age range data are available