Pachycara caribbaeum

Taxonavigation: Zoarcales

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: Perciformes Subordo: Cottoidei Infraordo: Zoarcales

Familia: Zoarcidae
Subfamilia: Lycodinae
Genus: Pachycara
Species: Pachycara caribbaeum

Name

Pachycara caribbaeum Anderson et al., 2016

• Holotype: BMNH 2015.9.10.1
• Paratypes: MCZ 171014, 171085.

Type locality: Von Damm Vent Field, Mid-Cayman Spreading Centre, 18°22.503' N, 81°47.858' W, collected by suction sampler from ROV Isis, dive 198, depth 2313 m.

Etymology: The specific name recognises the first records of the genus at deep-sea chemosynthetic environments in the Caribbean Sea.

References

• Anderson, M.E., Somerville, R. & Copley, J.T. 2016. A new species of Pachycara Zugmayer, 1911 (Teleostei: Zoarcidae) from deep-sea chemosynthetic environments in the Caribbean Sea. Zootaxa 4066(1): 71–77. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4066.1.5.Full article (PDF) Reference page.