Cirrhilabrus wakanda

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Labriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae Series: Eupercaria Ordo: Labriformes

Familia: Labridae
Genus: Cirrhilabrus
Species: Cirrhilabrus wakanda

Name

Cirrhilabrus wakanda Tea, Pinheiro, Shepherd, Rocha, 2019

Holotype: CAS 246395 (field code: HTP 900), 70.3 mm SL male, GenBank MN010585. Paratypes: CAS 246396 (HTP 883), 56.8 mm SL female, GenBank MN010586. CAS 246397 (HTP 901), 61.3 mm SL male, GenBank MN010587. CAS 246398 (HTP 902), 57.4 mm SL female, GenBank MN010588. CAS 246399 (HTP 903), 54.3 mm SL female. All type specimens collected 14 December 2018 by H.T. Pinheiro, B. Shepherd, and L.A. Rocha.

Type locality: East coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (GPS coordinates: 6°10'30"S; 39°32'28"E), 75 m, collected by H.T. Pinheiro, B. Shepherd, and L.A. Rocha, 14 December 2018.

References

Primary references

Tea, Y-K., Pinheiro, H.T., Shepherd, B. & Rocha, L.A. 2019. Cirrhilabrus wakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae). Zookeys, 863: 85–96. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.863.35580 Reference page.

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