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Electrona (Electrona)

Osteichthyes - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy
Electrona (Electrona) was named by Goode and Bean (1896). It is extant.

It was assigned to Electrona by Goode and Bean (1896), Fraser-Brunner (1949), Schwarzhans (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Electrona (Electrona) Goode and Bean
1949Electrona (Electrona) Fraser-Brunner p. 1047
1980Electrona (Electrona) Schwarzhans p. 50

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Myctophata
orderMyctophiformesRegan 1911
familyMyctophidaeGill 1893
subfamilyMyctophinaeFowler 1925
genusElectronaGoode and Bean 1895
subgenusElectronaGoode and Bean 1896

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.

Subg. Electrona (Electrona) Goode and Bean 1896
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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 21:28:48
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:28:48
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Opoitian to the top of the Ionian or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.7 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Opoitian5.333 - 3.7New Zealand Electrona risso, Electrona sp. (219270)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) Electrona risso (207769)
Waipipian3.7 - 3.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Electrona risso (219645)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Japan (Okinawa) Electrona risso (219766 219767)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Zakynthos) Electrona risso (207576)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Electrona risso (207571)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Electrona risso (207578)
Gelasian - Ionian2.58 - 0.129Greece (Kephallonia) Electrona risso (207577)
Nukumaruan2.4 - 1.63New Zealand (North Island) Electrona risso (219637)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Greece (Rhodes) Electrona risso (207568)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Japan (Kanagawa) Electrona risso (275914)