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Nezumia contortus

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Macrouridae

Taxonomy
Otolithus (Macrurus) contortus was named by Bassoli (1906).

It was recombined as Nezumia contortus by Nolf and Steurbaut (1983).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. lindsayi, N. morgansi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Otolithus (Macrurus) contortus Bassoli
1983Nezumia contortus Nolf and Steurbaut p. 170

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Acanthomorpha(Rosen 1973)
—Paracanthomorphacea
—Zeiogadaria
—Gadariae
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
familyMacrouridaeJordan and Evermann 1898
genusNezumiaJordan and Starks 1904
speciescontortus(Bassoli 1906)

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.

†Nezumia contortus Bassoli 1906
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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 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available