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WoRMS taxon details

Petromyzontidae 
AphiaID: 101163

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Agnatha (Superclass) > Cephalaspidomorphi (Class) > Petromyzontiformes (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Petromyzontiformes
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces - Agnatha, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 358 (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
English lampreys  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål niøyefamilien  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk niaugefamilien  [details]
Swedish nejonögon  [details]
Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Geotriinae
  » Genus Dionisia
» Genus Macrophthalmia
» Genus Neomordacia
» Genus Thysanochilus
» Genus Velasia
» Genus Yarra Castelnau, 1872 accepted as Geotria Gray, 1851
Subfamily Lampetrinae
  » Genus Caspiomyzon
» Genus Entosphenus
» Genus Lampetra Bonnaterre, 1788
» Genus Lethenteron Creaser & Hubbs, 1922
Subfamily Petromyzontinae
  » Genus Agnathomyzon
» Genus Ammocoetes
» Genus Batymyzon
» Genus Entospheneus
» Genus Eudontomyzon
» Genus Ichthyomyzon Girard, 1858
» Genus Oceanomyzon
» Genus Petromyzon Linnaeus, 1758

Subfamily Mordaciinae accepted as Mordaciidae Renaud, 2011
  » Genus Caragola
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101163
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Petromyzontidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101163 on 2013-05-19
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