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Diodon tenuispinus

Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae

Taxonomy
Diodon tenuispinus was named by Agassiz (1833).

It was recombined as Prodiodon tenuispinus by LeDanois (1955), Tyler and Santini (2002), Carnevale et al. (2014) and Bannikov (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Diodon tenuispinus Agassiz p. 17
1839Diodon tenuispinus Agassiz figs. Pl 74, figs 2,3
1843Diodon tenuispinus Agassiz p. 273
1955Prodiodon tenuispinus LeDanois
2002Prodiodon tenuispinus Tyler and Santini p. 101
2014Prodiodon tenuispinus Bannikov p. 30
2014Prodiodon tenuispinus Carnevale et al. p. 45

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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)
Euacanthomorphacea
Percomorphaceae
Percomorpharia
orderTetraodontiformesBerg 1940
suborderTetraodontoidei
familyDiodontidae
genusDiodonLinnaeus 1758
speciestenuispinus

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.

Diodon tenuispinus Agassiz 1833
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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 21:45:45
Modified: 2009-07-20 23:45:45
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available