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Anguilla brevicula

Osteichthyes - Anguilliformes - Anguillidae

Taxonomy
Anguilla brevicula was named by Agassiz (1839).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. anguilla, A. bostoniensis, A. rostrata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Anguilla brevicula Agassiz figs. Pl 43, fig 1
1843Anguilla brevicula Agassiz p. 134

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassActinopterygii()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassActinopteri()
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyAnguillidaeRafinesque 1810
genusAnguillaSchrank 1798
speciesbrevicula

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.

†Anguilla brevicula Agassiz 1839
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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
Created: 2009-07-20 20:49:55
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:49:55
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available