World Register of Deep-Sea species - Hymenocephalus adelscotti Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997

Deep-Sea name details

Hymenocephalus adelscotti Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997

AphiaID

272368 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:272368)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted name

Spicomacrurus adelscotti (Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997)

Rank

Species

Parent

Hymenocephalus Giglioli, 1884

Original name

Hymenocephalus adelscotti Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997

Environment

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

Original description

Iwamoto, T.; Merrett, N. R. (1997). Pisces Gadiformes: Taxonomy of grenadiers of the New Caledonian region, southwest Pacific. <em>in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 18. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 176: 473-570. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Hymenocephalus adelscotti Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272368 on 2026-03-07

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Hymenocephalus adelscotti Iwamoto & Merrett, 1997. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=272368 on 2026-03-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

created

Bailly, Nicolas

2013-01-08 14:26:18Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

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original description Iwamoto, T.; Merrett, N. R. (1997). Pisces Gadiformes: Taxonomy of grenadiers of the New Caledonian region, southwest Pacific. <em>in: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 18. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie.</em> 176: 473-570. (look up in IMIS) [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To FishBase
To ITIS