WoRMS taxon details
Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913
275210 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275210)
accepted
Species
Hippocampus aimei Roule, 1916 · unaccepted (pro parte synonym: this name has...)
pro parte synonym: this name has been used for two different species
Hippocampus alatus Kuiter, 2001 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hippocampus arnei Roule, 1916 · unaccepted (misspelling, pro parte synonym:...)
misspelling, pro parte synonym: this name has been used for two different species
Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Weber, M. (1913). Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> i-xii + 1-710, Pls. 1-12. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275210 on 2025-10-14
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Nomenclature
original description
Weber, M. (1913). Die Fische der Siboga-Expedition. <em>E. J. Brill, Leiden.</em> i-xii + 1-710, Pls. 1-12. [details]
original description (of Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001) Kuiter, R. H. (2001). Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus <i>Hippocampus</i> (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Rec. Aus. Mus.</em> 53: 293-340. [details]
original description (of Hippocampus alatus Kuiter, 2001) Kuiter, R. H. (2001). Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus <i>Hippocampus</i> (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Rec. Aus. Mus.</em> 53: 293-340. [details]
original description (of Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001) Horne, M. L. (2001). A new seahorse species (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Great Barrier Reef. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 53: 243-246. [details]
original description (of Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001) Kuiter, R. H. (2001). Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus <i>Hippocampus</i> (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Rec. Aus. Mus.</em> 53: 293-340. [details]
original description (of Hippocampus alatus Kuiter, 2001) Kuiter, R. H. (2001). Revision of the Australian seahorses of the genus <i>Hippocampus</i> (Syngnathiformes: Syngnathidae) with descriptions of nine new species. <em>Rec. Aus. Mus.</em> 53: 293-340. [details]
original description (of Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001) Horne, M. L. (2001). A new seahorse species (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Great Barrier Reef. <em>Records of the Australian Museum.</em> 53: 243-246. [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. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (RAS)
Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (10 barcodes) (from synonym Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001)
To Barcode of Life (156 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hippocampus alatus Kuiter, 2001)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hippocampus arnei Roule, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus aimei Roule, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippocampus queenslandicus) (from synonym Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippocampus spinosissimus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus alatus Kuiter, 2001)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus arnei Roule, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus aimei Roule, 1916)
To Fishipedia (from synonym Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001)
To GenBank (234 nucleotides; 248 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Barcode of Life (156 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hippocampus alatus Kuiter, 2001)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Hippocampus arnei Roule, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus aimei Roule, 1916)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippocampus queenslandicus) (from synonym Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Hippocampus spinosissimus)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus alatus Kuiter, 2001)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus arnei Roule, 1916)
To FishBase (from synonym Hippocampus aimei Roule, 1916)
To Fishipedia (from synonym Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001)
To GenBank (21 nucleotides; 38 proteins) (from synonym Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001)
To GenBank (234 nucleotides; 248 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
