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Echidna Forster, 1788 
AphiaID: 206151

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Muraenidae (Family) > Muraeninae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Muraeninae
Synonymised
taxa		  Echida (misspelling)
 Poecilophis
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

from synonym: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details] [view taxon]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Echidna amblyodon (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)
Species Echidna delicatula (Kaup, 1856)
Species Echidna leucotaenia Schultz, 1943
Species Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Species Echidna nocturna (Cope, 1872)
Species Echidna peli (Kaup, 1856)
Species Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845)
Species Echidna rhodochilus Bleeker, 1863
Species Echidna unicolor Schultz, 1953
Species Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859)

Species Echidna fascigula (Peters, 1855) accepted as Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845)
Species Echidna flavofasciata Poey, 1867 accepted as Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)
Species Echidna fuscomaculata Poey, 1867 accepted as Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)
Species Echidna leihala Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845)
Species Echidna uniformis Seale, 1901 accepted as Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857)
Species Echidna variegata Forster, 1848 accepted as Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Species Echidna xanthospilus (Bleeker, 1859) accepted as Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859)
Species Echidna zebra (Shaw, 1797) accepted as Gymnomuraena zebra (Shaw, 1797)
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:206151
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-06-06 22:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
2013-02-26 10:10:34Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Echidna Forster, 1788. 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=206151 on 2013-05-23
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