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Merluccius merluccius (European hake)

Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Merlucciidae

Taxonomy
Gadus merluccius was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Merluccius merluccius by Schwarzhans (1978), Nolf and Steurbaut (1983), Steurbaut (1984) and Girone et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. angustimanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Gadus merluccius Linnaeus
1978Merluccius merluccius Schwarzhans p. 18
1983Merluccius merluccius Nolf and Steurbaut p. 164
1984Merluccius merluccius Steurbaut p. 60
2006Merluccius merluccius Girone et al. p. 656

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Osteoglossocephalai
RankNameAuthor
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Euteleosteomorpha
—NeoteleosteiRosen 1973
—Eurypterygia(Rosen 1973)
—Ctenosquamata
—Acanthomorphata(Rosen 1973)
—Paracanthomorphacea
—Zeiogadaria
—Gadariae
orderGadiformesGoodrich 1909
suborderGadoidei
familyMerlucciidaeGill 1884
genusMerlucciusRafinesque 1810
speciesmerluccius(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Merluccius merluccius Linnaeus 1758 [European hake]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:19:31
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:19:31
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Badenian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 13.65000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Czech Republic (Mikulov) Merluccius merluccius (161993 161995)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Merluccius merluccius (70491 78437 178120)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria Merluccius merluccius (186585 219784)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy Merluccius merluccius (186575)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Sicily) Merluccius merluccius (223702 223704)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy (Bologna) Merluccius merluccius (186574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Italy Merluccius merluccius (159378)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Merluccius merluccius (215695)