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WoRMS taxon details

Cantoria violacea Girard, 1857

AphiaID

344027 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344027)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Cantoria Girard, 1857

Original name

Cantoria violacea Girard, 1857

Environment

marine

Original description

Girard, C. (1858). Descriptions of some new Reptiles, collected by the US. Exploring Expedition under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Third Part. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 9: 181-182 [1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330447 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Uetz, P. (ed.) (2026). The Reptile Database. Cantoria violacea Girard, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344027 on 2026-10-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-04-11 11:37:23Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2009-07-01 09:53:39Z

checked

Uetz, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Girard, C. (1858). Descriptions of some new Reptiles, collected by the US. Exploring Expedition under the command of Capt. Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. Third Part. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 9: 181-182 [1857]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6330447 [details]

basis of record van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]

Ecology

ecology source Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]