Monopenchelys acuta ( Parr 1930 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3474.1.1 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5461129 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/E22D9400-FFBE-7E61-90CF-68D4FE48FBF0 |
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Felipe |
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Monopenchelys acuta ( Parr 1930 ) |
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Monopenchelys acuta ( Parr 1930) View in CoL View at ENA
Uropterygius acutus Parr 1930: 16 View in CoL , fig. 2 ( West Caicos I., Bahamas, 30 fm [stomach contents]). Holotype (unique), YPM 2604 About YPM .
VERTEBRAE: 67–78, 50–56, 124–144 (MVF 73, 53, 131).
DISTRIBUTION: Cosmopolitan.
REMARKS: The wide range of vertebral counts and the broad distribution suggest that more than one species may be involved.
Genus Muraena Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL
Muraena Linnaeus 1758: 244 View in CoL View Cited Treatment . Type species Muraena helena Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , by Opinion 1672, ICZN. Feminine.
Murenophis Cuvier 1797: 329 . Type species Muraena helena Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , by monotypy. Masculine.
Muraenophis Lacepède 1803: 627 . Unjustified emendation of Murenophis Cuvier, 1797 .
Limomuraena Kaup 1856a: 65 . Type species Limomuraena guttata Kaup 1856 , by monotypy. Feminine. (Sometimes misspelled as Limamuraena ).
REMARKS: Jordan and Gilbert (1883a: 355) designated Muraena helena as the type species of Muraena , overlooking Bleeker’s (1864b: 113) earlier designation of M. anguilla . The International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, in Opinion 1672, suppressed Bleeker’s priority and placed helena on the Official List as the type species of Muraena .
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Monopenchelys acuta ( Parr 1930 )
| Smith, David G. 2012 |
Uropterygius acutus
| Parr, A. E. 1930: 16 |
Limomuraena
| Kaup, J. J. 1856: 65 |
Muraenophis Lacepède 1803: 627
| Lacepede, B. G. E. 1803: 627 |
Murenophis
| Cuvier, G. 1797: 329 |