WoRMS taxon details
Remora Gill, 1862
AphiaID: 125964
AphiaID: 125964
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Echeneidae (Family) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||
| Typetaxon | Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||||||
| Parent | Echeneidae | |||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Remilegia Remorina Jordan & Evermann, 1896 (synonym) Rhombochirus | |||||||
| Sources |
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] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] additional source: Gill, T.N. (1862). Remarks on the relations of the genera and other groups of Cuban fishes. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. v. 14: 235-242. page(s): 239 [details] from synonym: Nomenclator Zoologicus, available online at http://uio.mbl.edu/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details] [view taxon] from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon] | |||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Remora albescens (Temminck & Schlegel, 1850) Species Remora australis (Bennett, 1840) Species Remora brachyptera (Lowe, 1839) Species Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829) Species Remora remora (Linnaeus, 1758) Species Remora australia (Bennett, 1840) accepted as Remora australis (Bennett, 1840) Species Remora scutata (Günther, 1860) accepted as Remora australis (Bennett, 1840) | |||||||
| Environment | marine | |||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:125964 | |||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Remora Gill, 1862. 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=125964 on 2013-05-20 | ||||||||
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