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Carapus acus

Osteichthyes - Ophidiiformes - Carapidae

Taxonomy
Gymnotus acus was named by Brünnich (1768). It is extant.

It was recombined as Carapus acus by Schwarzhans (1978), Steurbaut (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. novus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1768Gymnotus acus Brünnich
1978Carapus acus Schwarzhans p. 36
1984Carapus acus Steurbaut p. 60

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
—Teleosteomorpha
—Acanthopterygii
—Percomorphaceae
—Ophidiaria
orderOphidiiformesBerg 1937
suborderOphidioidei
familyCarapidaeJordan and Fowler 1902
genusCarapusRafinesque 1810
speciesacus(Brünnich 1768)

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.

Carapus acus Brünnich 1768
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Diet 2: parasiteo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:30:52
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:30:52
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Badenian to the top of the Calabrian or 13.82000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Czechia (Mikulov) Carapus acus (161993 161994 161995)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Italy Carapus acus (70491 78437 178120)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) Carapus acus (223703)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece (Peloponnese) Carapus acus (207769)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece (Rhodes) Carapus acus (207579 207580)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Greece (Rhodes) Carapus acus (207569)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Italy Carapus acus (159378)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Italy Carapus acus (159288)