Scolecenchelys breviceps (Gunther, 1876)

NZOR Identifier: dd096e85-11ca-445b-9b9b-8ae03c4cfcf0

Status

Preferred Name (NZOR Concept Id eff7320f-a124-474c-b416-7a817031a51b)

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
subphylum
Craniata
superclass
Gnathostomata
class
Actinopterygii
infraclass
Teleostei
order
Anguilliformes
family
Ophichthidae
genus
Scolecenchelys
species
Scolecenchelys breviceps (Gunther, 1876)

Providers

Biostatus

Geo Schema
Political Region
Geo Region
New Zealand
Biome
Marine
Environmental Context
Wild
Occurrence
Present
Origin
Indigenous

Scientific Name

Authority
Gunther
Rank
species
Year
1876
Nomenclatural Comment
Marine
Governing Code
ICZN
Is Recombination
Yes

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
eff7320f-a124-474c-b416-7a817031a51b
According to
NZIB (2012-) New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Name Based Concepts
Has Parent
Scolecenchelys (In use by NZOR)
Preferred Name
Scolecenchelys breviceps (Gunther, 1876) (In use by NZOR) }

Taxon Concept

NZOR Concept Id
4aee0c68-2bfd-4402-ae5d-15e54cd27c1b
According to
Compiled by Roberts, C.D.; Paulin, C.D.; Stewart, A.L.; McPhee, R.P.; McDowall, R.M., King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicol, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, R.; Macadie, I. 24: Phylum CHORDATA: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, Checklist of New Zealand Chordata. Living lancelets, jawless fishes, cartilaginous fishes, and bony fishes. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1.
Preferred Name
Scolecenchelys breviceps (Gunther, 1876) }

No subordinate taxa

Application - has vernacular

Full Name
Longfinned worm eel
Name Id
f4b0835c-9de5-40d4-9d06-bc0f73121f37
According To
Compiled by Roberts, C.D.; Paulin, C.D.; Stewart, A.L.; McPhee, R.P.; McDowall, R.M., King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicol, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, R.; Macadie, I. 24: Phylum CHORDATA: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals, Checklist of New Zealand Chordata. Living lancelets, jawless fishes, cartilaginous fishes, and bony fishes. In: New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity Volume 1.

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