WoRMS

WoRMS name details

Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw, 1802)

AphiaID

344052 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344052)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Polyodontognathus caerulescens Shaw, 1802

Rank

Species

Parent

Hydrophis Latreille, 1801

Original name

Polyodontognathus caerulescens Shaw, 1802

Environment

marine

Original description

Shaw, G. (1802). General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 2. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London. 313-615. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Uetz, P. (ed.) (2026). The Reptile Database. Hydrophis caerulescens (Shaw, 1802). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344052 on 2026-10-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-04-11 11:37:23Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2009-06-30 06:57:17Z

changed

Uetz, Peter

Licensing

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Nomenclature

original description Shaw, G. (1802). General Zoology, or Systematic Natural History. Vol.3, part 2. Kearsley, Thomas Davison, London. 313-615. [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]

Other

context source (RAS) Australian Antarctic Data Centre. , available online at https://data.aad.gov.au/aadc/biodiversity/ [details]

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. China Science Press. 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors