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Acanthurus

Actinopteri - Acanthuriformes - Acanthuridae

Taxonomy
Acanthurus was named by Forskal (1775) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Teuthyei by Agassiz (1835); to Perciformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Acanthuridae by Randall (1955) and Argyriou (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1775Acanthurus Forskal
1835Acanthurus Agassiz p. 41ff
1955Acanthurus Randall p. 363
2002Acanthurus Sepkoski
2022Acanthurus Argyriou p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
RankNameAuthor
—Osteoglossocephalai
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Euacanthomorphacea
—Percomorphaceae
—Percomorpharia
orderAcanthuriformes
familyAcanthuridae
genusAcanthurusForskal 1775

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. Acanthurus Forskal 1775
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†Acanthurus canossae Heckel 1856
†Acanthurus gaudryi de Zigno 1887
†Acanthurus gazolae Massalongo 1859
†Acanthurus ovalis Agassiz 1839
†Acanthurus tenuis Agassiz 1835
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: fast-movingf
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: grazerf
Created: 2014-07-31 22:55:33
Modified: 2014-07-31 22:55:50
Source: f = family, subp = subphylum
References: Randall 1955, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy A. gazolai, A. gaudryi (55239)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Costa Rica A. sp. (187875)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France A. sp. (90354)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) A. sp. (212232)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands A. spp. (209855)