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Muraena

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Muraenidae

Taxonomy
Muraena was named by Linnaeus (1758) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 718,915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Muraenidae by Arambourg (1927); and to Anguilliformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
M. conger, M. saheliensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. helena

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Muraena Linnaeus p. 244
1927Muraena Arambourg p. 33
2002Muraena Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyMuraenidae
genusMuraenaLinnaeus 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.

G. Muraena Linnaeus 1758
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Muraena conger Linnaeus 1758 [European conger]
†Muraena saheliensis Arambourg 1927
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektobenthicf
Diet: carnivoref
Created: 2009-07-20 20:50:21
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:50:21
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Conger conger (78437)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy M. sp. (210230)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) M. saheliensis (59256)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) Conger conger (207769)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece (Rhodes) Conger conger (207579 207580)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) M. helena (50523)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Conger conger (207571)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Conger conger (159378)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Conger conger (159140 159288)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Conger conger (207568)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Vizcaya) Conger conger (125319)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Greece (Argolida) Conger conger (182709)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Portugal (Setúbal District) Conger conger (276424)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Portugal (Faro) M. helena (276394)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Portugal Conger conger (196887)