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Heteroconger (garden eel)

Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Congridae

Taxonomy

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1868Heteroconger Bleeker
2011Heteroconger Schwarzhans and Bratischko p. 87
2017Heteroconger Schwarzhans et al. p. 439
2019Heteroconger Schwarzhans p. 92

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
Teleosteomorpha
Teleostei(Müller 1846)
Elopocephalai
Elopocephala
Elopomorpha()
orderAnguilliformesGreenwood et al. 1966
familyCongridaeKaup 1856
genusHeterocongerBleeker 1868

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.

G. †Heteroconger Bleeker 1868 [garden eel]
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Heteroconger astroblematicus Schwarzhans and Bratischko 2011
Heteroconger mataura Schwarzhans et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:49:55
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:49:55
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Duntroonian or 61.60000 to 25.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Ukraine Heteroconger astroblematicus (159509)
Duntroonian27.3 - 25.2New Zealand (South Island) Heteroconger matura (219612)