WoRMS taxon details
Limanda ferruginea (Storer, 1839)
AphiaID: 158879
AphiaID: 158879
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Pleuronectiformes (Order) > Pleuronectidae (Family) > Pleuronectinae (Subfamily) > Limanda (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||
| Parent | Limanda Gottsche, 1835 | |||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Limanda oceanica Bonaparte, 1846 Limanda vulgaris Gottsche, 1835 (synonym) Platessa ferruginea Storer, 1839 Pleuronectes ferruginaeus (Storer, 1839) (misspelling) Pleuronectes ferruginea (Storer, 1839) Pleuronectes ferrugineus (Storer, 1839) | |||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Scott, W.B. and M.G. Scott. 1988. Atlantic fishes of Canada. Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences No. 219. 731 p. [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] basis of record (from synonym): Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Gottsche, C.M. (1835). Die seeländischen Pleuronectes-Arten. Arch. Naturgeschichte v. 2, pp 133-185. [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||
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| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||
| Distribution | Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] North West Atlantic [details] | |||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (37 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (129 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (42 nucleotides; 35 proteins) To ITIS | |||||||||||
| Notes |
Diet: Feeds on polychaete worms, amphipods, shrimp, isopods, sand lance and capelin [details] Distribution: Southern Labrador to Chesapeake Bay [details] Habitat: An offshore species, found at depths of 36- 82 m over sandy and muddy bottoms. [details] Habitat: benthic [details] Importance: Social- Commercial, experimental aquaculture [details] Predators: Sandbar shark [details] Reproduction: Spawns in spring and summer on bottom, external fertilization, open water/ Substratum egg scatterers [details] | |||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158879 | |||||||||||
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Limanda ferruginea (Storer, 1839). 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=158879 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||
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