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Gorgasia (garden eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy
Gorgasia was named by Meek and Hildebrand (1923).

It was assigned to Congridae by Schwarzhans and Bratischko (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Gorgasia Meek and Hildebrand p. 87
2011Gorgasia Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Elopocephalai
—Elopocephala
—Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyCongridaeKaup 1856
genusGorgasiaMeek and Hildebrand 1923

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.

G. †Gorgasia Meek and Hildebrand 1923 [garden eel]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available