Melamphaes succedanaus

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Berycoidei 

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: Berycimorphaceae
Ordo: Beryciformes
Subordo: Berycoidei

Familia: Melamphaidae
Genus: Melamphaes
Species: Melamphaes succedanaus

Name

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Melamphaes succedanaus Kotlyar, 2015

  • Holotype: ZMMU P-23459
  • Paratypes: IO RAS 03266 (1), 03267 (1); ZMMU P-23460 (11).

Type locality: Akademik Kurchatov, cruise 17 (AK17), January 24, 1974, station 1456, 0°02′ S, 122°04′ W, depth of site 4440 m, trawling depth 300–0 m.

Etymology: Specific epithet succedaneus is translated from Latin into Russian as “replacing,” which indicates that it replaces in the eastern part of the Pacific Ocean closely related species of the complex Melamphaes longivelis from the Indian Ocean and western part of the Pacific Ocean.

References

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Primary references

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  • Kotlyar, A. N., 2015: Revision of the Genus Melamphaes (Melamphaidae): 3. Oligoraker Species: M. proximus sp. n., M. contradictorius sp. n., and M. succedanaus sp. n. Voprosy Ikhtiologii 55 (5): 509–520. / Journal of Ichthyology 55 (5): 619–629. DOI: 10.1134/S0032945215050082