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Hippocampus (sea horse)

Actinopteri - Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae

Taxonomy
Hippocampus was named by Rafinesque (1810) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R Sepkoski's reference number: 915]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Gasterosteiformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Syngnathidae by Fritzsche (1980) and Zalohar et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Hippocampus Rafinesque
1931Farlapiscus Whitley
1940Hippohystrix Whitley
1980Hippocampus Fritzsche p. 185
2002Hippocampus Sepkoski
2009Hippocampus Zalohar et al. p. 80

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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
—Scombrimorpharia
orderSyngnathiformes
suborderSyngnathoidei
familySyngnathidae
genusHippocampusRafinesque 1810

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. Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 [sea horse]
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Hippocampus ingens Girard 1859
†Hippocampus sarmaticus Zalohar et al. 2009
†Hippocampus slovenicus Zalohar et al. 2009
Invalid names: Farlapiscus Whitley 1931 [synonym], Hippohystrix Whitley 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 20:44:22
Modified: 2009-07-20 22:44:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Sarmatian to the top of the Piacenzian or 12.70000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sarmatian12.7 - 11.608Slovenia Hippocampus sarmaticus, Hippocampus slovenicus (103103)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Italy Hippocampus sp. (145678)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Hippocampus ramulosus (145683)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy Hippocampus sp., Hippocampus rammulosus (57058)