IRMNG - Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG taxon details

Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1262699 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1262699)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Caeciliidae Rafinesque, 1814

Synonymised names

Cecilia Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted (misspelling or unjustified emendation)

Cicilia Griffith in Cuvier, 1835 · unaccepted

Coecilia Linnaeus, 1758 · unaccepted

Direct children (33)

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Species Caecilia abitaguae Dunn, 1942
Species Caecilia albiventris Daudin, 1803
Species Caecilia antioquiaensis Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia armata Dunn, 1942
Species Caecilia attenuata Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia bokermanni Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia caribea Dunn, 1942
Species Caecilia corpulenta Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia crassisquama Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia degenerata Dunn, 1942
Species Caecilia disossea Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia dunni Hershkovitz, 1938
Species Caecilia flavopunctata Roze & Solano, 1963
Species Caecilia gracilis Shaw, 1802
Species Caecilia guntheri Dunn, 1942
Species Caecilia inca Taylor, 1973
Species Caecilia isthmica Cope, 1877
Species Caecilia leucocephala Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia marcusi Wake, 1984
Species Caecilia mertensi Taylor, 1973
Species Caecilia nigricans Boulenger, 1902
Species Caecilia occidentalis Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia orientalis Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia pachynema Günther, 1859
Species Caecilia perdita Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia pressula Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia subdermalis Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia subnigricans Dunn, 1942
Species Caecilia subterminalis Taylor, 1968
Species Caecilia tentaculata Linnaeus, 1758
Species Caecilia tenuissima Taylor, 1973
Species Caecilia thompsoni Boulenger, 1902
Species Caecilia volcani Taylor, 1969

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 229 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Caecilia Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1262699 on 2025-01-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (11)

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 229 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Frost, 2004 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source CoL 2006 [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Frost, 2004 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Coecilia Linnaeus, 1758) Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 229 (as Caecilia; also as Coecilia p. 196). [details]

original description (of Coecilia Linnaeus, 1758) Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 196; note: misspelling (of Caecilia, same work, p. 229) [details]

original description (of Cecilia Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 78 [details]

original description (of Cicilia Griffith in Cuvier, 1835) in Cuvier, Anim. Kingd., Index
page(s): 167 [details]