Marine Species Traits - Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993)

Traits name details

Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993)

AphiaID

282716 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:282716)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Scolecenchelys aoki (Jordan & Snyder, 1901)

Rank

Species

Parent

Scolecenchelys Ogilby, 1897

Original name

Muraenichthys japonicus Machida & Ohta, 1993

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of ) Machida, Y.; Ohta, S. (1993). Muraenichthys japanicus, a new worm eel from the Sea of Japan (Ophichthidae Myrophinae). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 40(3): 323-326. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282716 on 2025-06-01

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Scolecenchelys japonica (Machida & Ohta, 1993). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=282716 on 2025-06-01

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2022-07-07 06:52:28Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Machida, Y.; Ohta, S. (1993). Muraenichthys japanicus, a new worm eel from the Sea of Japan (Ophichthidae Myrophinae). Jap. J. Ichthyol. 40(3): 323-326. [details]

basis of record 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]

Definitions

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To FishBase
To ITIS