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Merriamella doryssa

Osteichthyes - Atheriniformes - Atherinidae

Taxonomy
Merriamella doryssa was named by Jordan (1907). It is the type species of Merriamella.

It was recombined as Gasterosteus doryssa by Fierstine et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Merriamella doryssa Jordan p. 131 figs. 25, 26
2012Gasterosteus doryssa Fierstine et al. p. 167

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
Teleosteomorpha
Acanthopterygii
Percomorphaceae
OvalentariaSmith and Near 2012
superorderAtherinomorphae()
orderAtheriniformesRosen 1966
suborderAtherinoidei
familyAtherinidaeRisso 1827
genusMerriamella
speciesdoryssa

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.

Merriamella doryssa Jordan 1907
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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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available