Ichthyapus platyrhynchus
Appearance
Ichthyapus platyrhynchus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ichthyapus |
Species: | I. platyrhynchus
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Binomial name | |
Ichthyapus platyrhynchus (Gosline, 1951)
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Synonyms[2] | |
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Ichthyapus platyrhynchus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by William Alonzo Gosline III in 1951.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It forms burrows in sand sediments.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Ichthyapus platyrhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T199369A2588083. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199369A2588083.en. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ Synonyms of Ichthyapus platyrhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Ichthyapus platyrhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Gosline, W. A. 1951 (Oct.) [ref. 1858] The osteology and classification of the ophichthid eels of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science v. 5 (no. 4): 298-320.