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Naso

Osteichthyes - Acanthuriformes - Acanthuridae

Taxonomy
Naso was named by Lacépède (1802) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Acanthuridae by Randall (1955); and to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002).

Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2017-09-25

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Naso Lacépède
1955Naso Randall p. 361
2002Naso Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—EupercariaBetancur et al. 2013
orderAcanthuriformes
familyAcanthuridae
genusNasoLacépède 1802

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. Naso Lacépède 1802
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: grazerf
Created: 2014-07-31 22:55:33
Modified: 2014-07-31 22:55:50
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Randall 1955, Carroll 1988

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands N. sp. (194995 194996 194997 194998 194999)