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Pholidophorus furcatus

Osteichthyes - Paphosisciformes - Dwykiidae

Taxonomy
Microps furcatus was named by Agassiz (1833).

It was recombined as Pholidophorus furcatus by Agassiz (1843), Agassiz (1843).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Microps furcatus Agassiz p. 10 figs. Vol I, Pl C, fig 5
1843Microps furcatus Agassiz figs. Pl 36, fig 1
1843Pholidophorus furcatus Agassiz p. 286

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
infraclassActinopteri()
familyDwykiidae
familyKenderlichthyidae
familyNematoptychiidaeKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
familyPalaeobergiidaeKazantseva 1968
orderPaphosisciformes
orderPercomorphi
orderPhanerosteoniformes
orderPlectognathi
orderRedfieldiiformes(Berg 1940)
familyBrookvaliidaeBerg 1940
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
orderRhadinichthyiformes
orderScleroparei
familyScopelidae
familyTurseoidae
familyUydeniidaeKazantseva-Selezneva 1980
familyCoccolepidaeBerg 1940
familyTienshaniscidaeLiu and Wang 1978
orderPtycholepidiformes
orderDiscordichthyiformesMinikh 1998
orderAmphicentriformes
familyTeleopterinidaeBerg 1936
familyStyracopteridaeMoy-Thomas 1937
familyAmphicentridaeYoung 1866
orderAeduelliformesHeyler 1969
orderScanilepidiformes()
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
orderPholidophoriformes
familyPholidophoridae
genusPholidophorusTraquair 1875
speciesfurcatus()

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.

Pholidophorus furcatus Agassiz 1833
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: suspension feederf
Created: 2013-12-06 12:48:42
Modified: 2013-12-06 12:48:42
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Wagner 2023, Lombardo and Tintori 2005, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available