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Deep-Sea name details

Orthagoriscus Cuvier, 1816

AphiaID

154801 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:154801)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (synonym)

Accepted name

Mola Koelreuter, 1766

Rank

Genus

Parent

Molidae Bonaparte, 1835

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Species Orthagoriscus mola accepted as Orthragoriscus mola (Linnaeus, 1758) accepted as Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) (misspelling)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Orthagoriscus Cuvier, 1816. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154801 on 2025-05-22

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Orthagoriscus Cuvier, 1816. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=154801 on 2025-05-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-19 07:59:47Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2013-03-12 09:29:42Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Cuvier, G. (1816). Le Règne Animal distribué d'après son organisation, pour servir de base à l'histoire naturelle des animaux et d'introduction à l'anatomie comparée. Tome II, contenant les reptiles, les poissons, les mollusques et les annélides. Deterville, Paris, pp. i-xviii, 1-532 [pls. 9-10 contained in volume 4]. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1848835 [details]

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

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