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Aldrovandia 
AphiaID: 125837

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Notacanthiformes (Order) > Halosauridae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Halosauridae
Source  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]

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taxa
[show all]		 Species Aldrovandia affinis (Günther, 1877)
Species Aldrovandia gracilis Goode & Bean, 1896
Species Aldrovandia mediorostris (Günther, 1887)
Species Aldrovandia oleosa Sulak, 1977
Species Aldrovandia phalacra (Vaillant, 1888)
Species Aldrovandia rostrata (Günther, 1878)

Species Aldrovandia kauaiensis (Gilbert, 1905) accepted as Aldrovandia phalacra (Vaillant, 1888)
Species Aldrovandia macrochir (Günther, 1878) accepted as Halosauropsis macrochir (Günther, 1878)
Species Aldrovandia pallida Goode & Bean, 1896 accepted as Aldrovandia affinis (Günther, 1877)
Species Aldrovandia ridgwayi (Fowler, 1934) accepted as Halosaurus ridgwayi (Fowler, 1934)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
Note  Habitat: Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125837
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Aldrovandia. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=125837 on 2013-05-22
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