Synaphobranchus kaupii

Synaphobranchus kaupii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synaphobranchoidei

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: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Synaphobranchoidei

Familia: Synaphobranchidae
Subfamilia: Synaphobranchinae
Genus: Synaphobranchus
Species: Synaphobranchus kaupii

Name

Synaphobranchus kaupii Johnson, 1862

• Syntypes (1): BMNH 1862.11.9.49.

Type locality: Off Madeira, eastern Atlantic.

Synonyms

• Synaphobranchus iraconis Jordan & Snyder, 1901
• Synaphobranchus pinnatus var. parvipinnis Roule, 1916
  • Synaphobranchus pinnatus parvipinnis Roule, 1916
• Muraena pinnata Gronow in Gray, 1854
• Leptocephalus synaphobranchi form pinnati Collett, 1905
  • Leptocephalus synaphobranchi pinnati Collett, 1905
• Nettophichthys retropinnatus Holt, 1891

Primary references

• Johnson, J. Y.; 1862: Descriptions of some new genera and species of fishes obtained at Madeira. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1862 (2): 167–180, Pls. 22-23. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Heger A., King N., Wigham B.D., Jamieson A.J., Bagley P.M., Allan L., Pfannkuche O., Priede I.G. 2007: Benthic Bioluminescence in the bathyal North East Atlantic: Luminescent responses of Vargula norvegica (Ostracoda: Myodocopida) to predation by the deep water eel (Synaphobranchus kaupii). Marine Biology, 151 (4): 1471–1478 DOI: 10.1007/s00227-006-0587-7
• Svendsen, F. M. & Byrkjedal, I. 2013. Morphological and molecular variation in Synaphobranchus eels (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae) of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in relation to species diagnostics. Marine Biodiversity, 43(4): 407–420. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-013-0168-1 . Reference page.