IRMNG - Echidna Forster, 1788

IRMNG taxon details

Echidna Forster, 1788

IRMNG_ID

1281289 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1281289)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Muraenidae Rafinesque, 1815

Synonymised names

Echida · unaccepted (misspelling)

Leihala Jordan, 1925 · unaccepted

Megaderus Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted > nomen nudum

Molarii Richardson, 1848 · unaccepted

Molarius · unaccepted

Poecilophis Kaup, 1856 · unaccepted

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Species Echidna amblyodon (Bleeker, 1856)
Species Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)
Species Echidna catenatus
Species Echidna delicatula (Kaup, 1856)
Species Echidna leucotaenia Schultz, 1943
Species Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Species Echidna nocturna (Cope, 1872)
Species Echidna peli (Kaup, 1856)
Species Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845)
Species Echidna rhodochilus Bleeker, 1863
Species Echidna unicolor Schultz, 1953
Species Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859)
Species Echidna fascigula (Peters, 1855) accepted as Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845)
Species Echidna flavofasciata Poey, 1867 accepted as Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)
Species Echidna fuscomaculata Poey, 1867 accepted as Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)
Species Echidna leihala Jenkins, 1903 accepted as Echidna polyzona (Richardson, 1845)
Species Echidna uniformis Seale, 1901 accepted as Scolecenchelys macroptera (Bleeker, 1857)
Species Echidna variegata Bleeker, 1864 accepted as Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Species Echidna variegata Forster, 1848 accepted as Echidna nebulosa (Ahl, 1789)
Species Echidna xanthospilus (Bleeker, 1859) accepted as Echidna xanthospilos (Bleeker, 1859)
Species Echidna zebra (Shaw, 1797) accepted as Gymnomuraena zebra (Shaw, 1797)

Environment

marine, brackish, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ench.
page(s): 81 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark No type species mentioned. (Eschmeyer).

Taxonomic remark No type species mentioned. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Echidna Forster, 1788. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1281289 on 2024-12-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

2017-11-22 13:18:58Z

changed

Decock, Wim

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original description Ench.
page(s): 81 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [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]

verified source for family Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

verified source for family WoRMS (Mar 2013) [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 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

extant flag source SN2000/Eschmeyer, 1998 [details]

habitat flag source FishBase [details]

original description (of Poecilophis Kaup, 1856) Arch. Naturgesch., 22, Abt. 1
page(s): 66 [details]

original description (of Megaderus 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): 220 [details]

original description (of Leihala Jordan, 1925) Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 66 (33)
page(s): 5 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater + Brackish + Marine. FishBase flag: Mostly Marine. [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

Subfamily Muraeninae [details]

Taxonomic remark No type species mentioned. (Eschmeyer). [details]

Type species as cited Mureana echidna Gmelin 1789 [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Leihala Jordan, 1925)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Leihala Jordan, 1925)
To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Echida)
To WoRMS (from synonym Poecilophis Kaup, 1856)