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Protomyctophum arcticum
Taxonomy
Scopelus arcticus was named by Lütken (1892). It is extant.
It was recombined as Electrona (Hierops) arctica by Fraser-Brunner (1949); it was recombined as Protomyctophum arcticum by Girone et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Electrona (Hierops) arctica by Fraser-Brunner (1949); it was recombined as Protomyctophum arcticum by Girone et al. (2006).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1892 | Scopelus arcticus Lütken |
| 1939 | Myctophum oculeum Chapman |
| 1944 | Myctophum thompsoni Chapman |
| 1949 | Electrona (Hierops) arctica Fraser-Brunner p. 1047 |
| 2006 | Protomyctophum arcticum Girone et al. p. 656 |
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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.
Protomyctophum arcticum Lütken 1892
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Invalid names: Myctophum oculeum Chapman 1939 [synonym], Myctophum thompsoni Chapman 1944 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||