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Orthagoriscus mola 
AphiaID: 154802

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Tetraodontiformes (Order) > Molidae (Family) > Orthagoriscus (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (misspelling)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Orthragoriscus mola (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rank Species
Parent Orthagoriscus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Mola Koelreuter, 1763
Sources  basis of record: Nijssen, H.; de Groot, S.J. (1987). De vissen van Nederland: systematische indeling, historisch overzicht, het ontstaan van de viskweek, uitheemse vissoorten, determineersleutels, beschrijvingen, afbeeldingen, literatuur, van alle in Nederlandse wateren voor komende zee- en zoetwatervissoorten [Fishes of the Netherlands: systematic classification, historical overview, origins of fish culture, non-indigenous species, determination keys, descriptions, drawings, literature references on all marine and freshwater fish species living in Dutch waters]. KNNV Uitgeverij: Utrecht, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5011-006-1. 224 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Breton loar  [details]
Breton mouldouz  [details]
Distribution Bristol Channel [details]
Host of  Pennella filosa (Linnaeus, 1758) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus rapax Milne Edwards, 1840 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Cecrops latreillii Leach, 1816 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Laemargus muricatus Kroyer, 1837 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Link To PESI
Image 
Gilson (1921, fig. 83)
Gilson (1921, fig. 83)
added on 2008-06-12 - author: Anoniem in Gilson, G. (1921)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154802
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-04-19 07:59:47Z  created  Appeltans, Ward
2013-03-22 10:28:50Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Orthagoriscus mola. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154802 on 2013-05-20
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