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Benthosema glaciale (glacier lantern fish)
Taxonomy
Scopelus glacialis was named by Reinhardt (1837). It is extant.
It was recombined as Benthosema glacialae by Fraser-Brunner (1949); it was recombined as Benthosema glaciale by Schwarzhans (1980), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Brzobohaty and Nolf (1996) and Girone et al. (2006).
It was recombined as Benthosema glacialae by Fraser-Brunner (1949); it was recombined as Benthosema glaciale by Schwarzhans (1980), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Brzobohaty and Nolf (1996) and Girone et al. (2006).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1837 | Scopelus glacialis Reinhardt |
| 1861 | Scopelus mulleri Gill |
| 1864 | Scopelus parvimanus Günther |
| 1887 | Scopelus scoticus Günther |
| 1949 | Benthosema glacialae Fraser-Brunner p. 1051 |
| 1980 | Benthosema glaciale Schwarzhans p. 52 |
| 1983 | Benthosema glaciale Nolf and Steurbaut p. 153 |
| 1996 | Benthosema glaciale Brzobohaty and Nolf p. 156 |
| 2006 | Benthosema glaciale Girone et al. p. 655 |
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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.
Benthosema glaciale Reinhardt 1837 [glacier lantern fish]
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Invalid names: Scopelus mulleri Gill 1861 [synonym], Scopelus parvimanus Günther 1864 [synonym], Scopelus scoticus Günther 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.12900 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | Italy | Benthosema glaciale (178120 187503 187506) | |
| Piacenzian | Italy | Benthosema glaciale (210258) | |
| Gelasian | Italy | Benthosema glaciale (159096) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Greece (Rhodes) | Benthosema glaciale (207569 207571) | |
| Gelasian - Calabrian | Greece (Zakynthos) | Benthosema glaciale (207576) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | Italy | Benthosema glaciale (159378 159455 159823) | |
| Gelasian - Ionian | Greece (Kephallonia) | Benthosema glaciale (207577) | |
| Gelasian - Ionian | Greece (Rhodes) | Benthosema glaciale (207578) | |
| Calabrian | Greece (Rhodes) | Benthosema glaciale (207575) | |
| Ionian | Greece (Rhodes) | Benthosema glaciale (207568) | |
| Ionian | Italy | Benthosema glaciale (159361) |