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Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) 
AphiaID: 127380

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Syngnathiformes (Order) > Syngnathidae (Family) > Hippocampinae (Subfamily) > Hippocampus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810
Synonymised
taxa
  Gasterosteus equus Cabrera, Pérez & Haenseler, 1817
Hippocampus antiquorum Leach, 1814
Hippocampus antiquus Risso, 1827
Hippocampus brevirostris Schinz, 1822
Hippocampus europaeus Ginsburg, 1933 (junior synonym)
Hippocampus heptagonus Rafinesque, 1810 (synonym)
Hippocampus pentagonus Rafinesque, 1810 (misspelling)
Hippocampus vulgaris Cloquet, 1821
Syngnathus hippocampus Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/no_cache/dms/load/toc/?IDDOC=265100
page(s): 338 [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: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [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]

original description (from synonym): Rafinesque, C.S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy. 105, 20 fold. Pl pp. (look up in IMIS[details] [view taxon]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Albanian kali i detit turishkurtër  [details]
Basque itsas zaldi muturmotza  [details]
Breton marc'h hegour  [details]
Breton marc'h vor  [details]
Catalan cavall de mar xato  [details]
Danish kortsnudet søhest  [details]
Dutch kortsnuitzeepaardje  [details]
English seahorse  [details]
English short-snouted seahorse  [details]
French cheval marin  [details]
French hippocampe  [details]
French hippocampe à museau court  [details]
French hippocampe à nez court  [details]
French hippocampe commum  [details]
German Seepferdchen  [details]
Hebrew סוסון-ים ים-תיכוני  [details]
Italian cavalluccio marino  [details]
Lithuanian europinis jūrų arkliukas  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Ιππόκαμπος  [details]
Portuguese cavalo-marinho  [details]
Romanian căluţ de mare  [details]
Russian длиннорылый европейский морской конек  [details]
Russian Морской конек длиннорылый  [details]
Slovenian kratkonosi morski konjiček  [details]
Spanish caballito de mar común  [details]
Turkish deniz ati  [details]
Turkish deniz atı  [details]
Ukrainian Морський коник  [details]
Ukrainian Морський коник довгорилий  [details]
Ukrainian Морський коник короткорилий  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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Subspecies Hippocampus hippocampus microcoronatus Slastenenko 1938 accepted as Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829
Subspecies Hippocampus hippocampus microstephanus Slastenenko, 1937 accepted as Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Black Sea [details]
European waters (ERMS scope) [details]
Greek Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
IJsselmeer (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Israeli part of the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin [details]
Lombardsijde (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Middelkerke (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
North Coast of France (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Oostende (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Portuguese Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Smal Bank [details]
South Coast of England (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Spanish Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Stroombank (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wandelaar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wenduine (from synonym) [details] [view taxon]
Wimereux [details]
Links BIOTIC
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FishBase
To GenBank (125 nucleotides; 53 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Images 
Poll (1947, fig. 128)
Poll (1947, fig. 128)
added on 2008-08-12 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Ginsburg)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

Hippocampus hippocampus
Hippocampus hippocampus
added on 2009-02-13 - author: Collection Georges Declercq
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Hippocampus hippocampus
Hippocampus hippocampus
added on 2009-04-03 - author: Decleer, Misjel
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Hippocampus hippocampus
Hippocampus hippocampus
added on 2010-02-13 - author: Collection VLIZ ()
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Hippocampus hippocampus
Hippocampus hippocampus
added on 2012-01-23 - author: Eneman, Eddy
qualitystatus: not checked

Kortsnuitzeepaard tussen blaasjeswier
Kortsnuitzeepaard tussen blaasjeswier
added on 2012-11-07 - author: Van Ginderdeuren, Karl
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127380
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758). 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=127380 on 2013-06-20
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