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Diaphus (Lamprossa)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Taxonomy

Lamprossa was named by Jordan and Hubbs (1925).

It was reranked as Diaphus (Lamprossa) by Fraser-Brunner (1949) and Schwarzhans (1980).

It was assigned to Diaphus by Fraser-Brunner (1949) and Schwarzhans (1980).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Diaphus acutirostrum, Diaphus adenomus, Diaphus licatae, Diaphus muraii, Diaphus pristismetallis, Diaphus rubus, Diaphus shizukuishiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1949	Diaphus (Lamprossa) Fraser-Brunner p. 1069
1980	Diaphus (Lamprossa) Schwarzhans p. 70

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
superclass	Actinopterygii	()
class	Actinopteri	()
subclass	Neopterygii	(Regan 1923)
—	Teleosteomorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Teleostei	(Müller 1846)
—	Teleocephala	de Pinna 1996
—	Clupeocephala	Patterson and Rosen 1977
—	Euteleosteomorpha
—	Neoteleostei	Rosen 1973
—	Eurypterygia	(Rosen 1973)
—	Ctenosquamata
—	Myctophata
order	Myctophiformes	Regan 1911
family	Myctophidae	Gill 1893
genus	Diaphus	Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890
subgenus	Lamprossa	(Jordan and Hubbs 1925)

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. †Diaphus (Lamprossa) Jordan and Hubbs 1925

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†Diaphus (Lamprossa) anteorbitalis Gilbert 1913

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) chrysorhynchus Gilbert and Cramer 1897

Diaphus (Lamprossa) coeruleus Klunzinger 1871

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) effulgens Gppde and Bean 1895

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) elucens Brauer 1904

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) garmani Gilbert 1906

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) jenseni Taning 1932

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) lucidus Goode and Bean 1895

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) macrophus Parr 1928

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) malayanus Weber 1913

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) metopoclampus Cocco 1829

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) ostenfeldi Taning 1932

Diaphus (Lamprossa) problematicus Parr 1928

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) pseudopulcher Schwarzhans 1980

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) regani Taning 1932

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) schmidti Taning 1932

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) signatus Gilbert 1908

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) tanakae Gilbert 1913

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) watasei Jordan and Starks 1904

†Diaphus (Lamprossa) weberi Tåning 1932

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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	France	Diaphus metopoclampus (220042)
Clifdenian	15.9 - 13.65	New Zealand (South Island)	Diaphus licatae (219276)
Tongaporutuan	11.608 - 6.5	New Zealand (North Island)	Diaphus pseudopulcher (219269 219553)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Japan (Okinawa)	Diaphus lucidus (219767)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Japan (Hane)	Diaphus lucidus (219775)