WoRMS taxon details
Protanguilla palau Johnson, Ida & Sakaue, 2012
588639 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:588639)
accepted
Species
Protoanguilla palau Johnson, Ida & Sakaue, 2011 · unaccepted (invalidly published and homonyms...)
invalidly published and homonyms of genus and family in fossils
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Johnson, G. D.; Ida, H.; Sakaue, J.; Sado, T.; Asahida, T.; Miya, M. (2011). A 'living fossil' eel (Anguilliformes: Protanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 279(1730): 934-943. (published in 2012)., available online at http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/09/16/rspb.2011.1289.full.pdf+html [details] Available for editors 
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Type locality contained in Ngemelis Island
type locality contained in Ngemelis Island [details]
Etymology Palau, where the type series was collected, a noun in apposition.
Etymology Palau, where the type series was collected, a noun in apposition. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Protanguilla palau Johnson, Ida & Sakaue, 2012. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=588639 on 2025-05-01
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Nomenclature
original description
Johnson, G. D.; Ida, H.; Sakaue, J.; Sado, T.; Asahida, T.; Miya, M. (2011). A 'living fossil' eel (Anguilliformes: Protanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 279(1730): 934-943. (published in 2012)., available online at http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/09/16/rspb.2011.1289.full.pdf+html [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Protoanguilla palau Johnson, Ida & Sakaue, 2011) Johnson, G. D.; Ida, H.; Sakaue, J.; Sado, T.; Asahida, T.; Miya, M. (2011). A 'living fossil' eel (Anguilliformes: Protanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 279(1730): 934-943. (published in 2012)., available online at http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/09/16/rspb.2011.1289.full.pdf+html [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]original description (of Protoanguilla palau Johnson, Ida & Sakaue, 2011) Johnson, G. D.; Ida, H.; Sakaue, J.; Sado, T.; Asahida, T.; Miya, M. (2011). A 'living fossil' eel (Anguilliformes: Protanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 279(1730): 934-943. (published in 2012)., available online at http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/09/16/rspb.2011.1289.full.pdf+html [details] Available for editors
[request]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 (WoRCS)
Johnson, G. D.; Ida, H.; Sakaue, J.; Sado, T.; Asahida, T.; Miya, M. (2011). A 'living fossil' eel (Anguilliformes: Protanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau. <em>Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.</em> 279(1730): 934-943. (published in 2012)., available online at http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/early/2011/09/16/rspb.2011.1289.full.pdf+html [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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
Unreviewed
Etymology Palau, where the type series was collected, a noun in apposition. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | Palauan primitive cave eel | [details] |
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Protanguilla palau)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Protoanguilla palau Johnson, Ida & Sakaue, 2011)
To FishBase images (Protanguilla palau, Palau, by Johnson, G.D.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Protoanguilla palau Johnson, Ida & Sakaue, 2011)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Protoanguilla palau Johnson, Ida & Sakaue, 2011)
To FishBase images (Protanguilla palau, Palau, by Johnson, G.D.)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 18 proteins)
To GenBank (7 nucleotides; 18 proteins) (from synonym Protoanguilla palau Johnson, Ida & Sakaue, 2011)
To IUCN Red List (Data Deficient)
