Hippocampus coronatus

Hippocampus coronatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Syngnathoidei

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 Ordo: Syngnathiformes Subordo: Syngnathoidei

Familia: Syngnathidae
Genus: Hippocampus
Species: Hippocampus coronatus

Name

• Hippocampus coronatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850: 274

Lectotype: RMNH.PISC.D 1543, 103.3 mm SL, ♀. [designated by Boeseman (1947: 196)]

Type locality: “Japon [=Japan]”.

Paralectotypes (3): RMNH.PISC.D 1541/42/44.

References

Primary references

• Temminck, C.J. & Schlegel, H. 1850. Pisces. pp. 270–324 In von Siebold, P.F. (ed.). Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium quae in itinere per Japoniam suscepto annis 1823–30 collegit, notis observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit P. F. von Siebold. Last part. Apud A. Arnz et socios: Lugduni Batavorum (Leiden).
• Boeseman, M. 1947. Revision of the fishes collected by Burger and von Siebold in Japan. Zoologische Mededelingen 28: 1–242, 5 pls.

Additional references

• Choi, Y.-U., Rho, S., Park, H.-S. & Kang, D.-H. 2012. Population characteristics of two seahorses, Hippocampus coronatus and Hippocampus mohnikei, around seagrass beds in the southern coastal waters of Korea. Ichthyological Research 59(3): 235–241. DOI: 10.1007/s10228-012-0285-z
• Han, S-Y., Kim, J-K., Kai, Y. & Senou, H. 2017. Seahorses of the Hippocampus coronatus complex: taxonomic revision, and description of Hippocampus haema, a new species from Korea and Japan (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys 712: 113–139. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.712.14955. Reference page. 
• Han, S-Y., Kim, J-K., Kai, Y. & Senou, H. 2018. Corrigenda: Han S-Y, Kim J-K, Kai Y, Senou H (2017) Seahorses of the Hippocampus coronatus complex: taxonomic revision, and description of Hippocampus haema, a new species from Korea and Japan (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys 712: 113–139. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.712.14955. ZooKeys 753: 169-170. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.753.25599. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Crowned Seahorse

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