WoRMS taxon details
Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934)
AphiaID: 217823
AphiaID: 217823
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Ophidiiformes (Order) > Carapidae (Family) > Carapinae (Subfamily) > Carapus (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||
| Parent | Carapus | ||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Carapus mayottae Smith, 1955 Carapus pindae Smith, 1955 Carapus variegatus Fowler & Steinitz, 1956 Encheliophis mourlani (Petit, 1934) Fierasfer mourlani Petit, 1934 Oxybeles lumbricoides Bleeker, 1854 | ||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Anon. (1996). FishBase 96 [CD-ROM]. ICLARM: Los Baños, Philippines. 1 cd-rom 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] | ||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | ||||||||||
| Distribution | Chagos [details] Madagascar (from synonym) [details] [view taxon] Mozambique [details] Seychelles [details] South Africa (country) [details] | ||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (5 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To FishBase To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) To ITIS | ||||||||||
| Note |
Description: Found in starfishes and holothurians (Ref. 4104). In Micronesia, it prefers the pincushion starfish @Culcita novaeguinae@ for a host. Also known to occur in certain holothurians (@Bohadschia argus, Stichopus@ sp.) on rare occasions (Ref. 1602). [details] | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:217823 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Carapus mourlani (Petit, 1934). 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=217823 on 2013-05-22 | |||||||||||
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