Lampadena Goode and Bean 1893 (lanternfish)

Actinopteri - Myctophiformes - Myctophidae

Parent taxon: Lampanyctinae according to W. Schwarzhans and F. Ohe 2019

See also Aguilera and de Aguilera 2001, Fierstine et al. 2012, Girone et al. 2006, Lin et al. 2017, Martin et al. 2018, Schwarzhans 2019, Schwarzhans and Aguilera 2013 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bolinichthys, Ceratoscopelus, Diaphini, Gymnoscopelini, Gymnoscopelus, Lampanictini, Lampanyctini, Lepidophanes, Oligophus, Parvilux, Stenobrachius, Taaningichthys, Triphoturus

Subtaxa: Lampadena dea Lampadena gracile Lampadena gracilis Lampadena ionica Lampadena scapha Lampadena speculigeroides Lampadena urophaos

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (2 collections), Italy (3), United States (2: California)

• Pliocene of Ecuador (1), Japan (1), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene of the Czech Republic (1), Greece (5), Italy (10), Japan (3), Panama (1)

Total: 30 collections including 35 occurrences

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