WoRMS taxon details
Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829)
AphiaID: 126852
AphiaID: 126852
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Perciformes (Order) > Echeneidae (Family) > Remora (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Remora Gill, 1862 | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Echeneis jacobaea Lowe, 1839 Echeneis megalodiscus Franz, 1910 Echeneis osteochir Cuvier, 1829 Echeneis osteochire (Cuvier, 1829) (misspelling) Echeneis pediculus Girard, 1893 Echeneis tetrapturorum Poey, 1860 Rhombochirus osteochir (Cuvier, 1829) | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (2000). FishBase 2000 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines. 4 cd-roms pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 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: Gulf of Maine Biogeographic Information System (GMBIS) Electronic Atlas. 2002. November, 2002. [details] additional source: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details] additional source: Roberts, C.; Stewart, A.; Francis, M. (2009). Marine fishes (Chordata). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details] additional source: McEachran, J. D. 2009. Fishes (Vertebrata: Pisces) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1223–1316 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details] context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] | ||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of Mexico [details] Mauritius [details] New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details] | ||||||||||
| Host of |
Lepeophtheirus crassus (Bere, 1936) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
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| Links | To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (82 nucleotides; 6 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Western Atlantic: 52°N and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil [details] Habitat: nektonic [details] Habitat: oceanic species with a strong preference for marlins and sailfish as hosts, but may occasionally cling to other large fishes. Attaches to the body or gill chamber of the host. [details] | ||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:126852 | ||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Remora osteochir (Cuvier, 1829). 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=126852 on 2013-05-23 | |||||||||||
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