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Diodon erinaceus

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Taxonomy
Diodon erinaceus was named by Agassiz (1844).

It was recombined as Prodiodon erinaceus by Tyler and Santini (2002), Carnevale et al. (2014) and Bannikov (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Diodon erinaceus Agassiz p. 31
1904Diodon erinaceus Eastman p. 34
2002Prodiodon erinaceus Tyler and Santini p. 104
2014Prodiodon erinaceus Bannikov p. 30
2014Prodiodon erinaceus Carnevale et al. p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
Euteleosteomorpha
NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
Ctenosquamata
Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyDiodontidae
genusDiodonLinnaeus 1758
specieserinaceusAgassiz 1844

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.

Diodon erinaceus Agassiz 1844
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available