Anguilla

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anguilloidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Anguilloidei

Anguilla Garsault, 1764: pl. 661 (Welter-Schultes & Klug, 2009)

Type species: Muraena anguilla Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent monotypy by Schrank (1798).

Note: Anguilla as used by Schrank, 1798: 304, 307 is a subsequent use of Anguilla Garsault, 1764. (Welter-Schultes & Klug, 2009)

Garsault, F.A.P. de 1764. Les figures des plantes et animaux d'usage en médecine, décrits dans la Matière Médicale de Mr. Geoffroy Médecin, dessinés d'après nature. Gravés par Mrs. Defehrt, Prevost, Duflos, Martinet &c. Niquet scrip. Vol. 5. pl. 644–729. Paris: Desprez. BHL. Reference page.
Schrank, F. von P. 1798. Fauna Boica. Durchgedachte Geschichte der in Baiern einheimischen und zahmen Thiere Vol. 1: i–xii + 1–720. BHL Reference page.
Welter-Schultes, F.W. & Klug, R. 2009. Nomenclatural consequences resulting from the rediscovery of Les figures des plantes et animaux d’usage en médecine, a rare work published by Garsault in 1764, in the zoological literature. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 66(3): 225–241. DOI: 10.21805/bzn.v66i3.a1. Reference page.

Hoese, D.F. and J.E. Gates 2006: Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 35. Fishes.
Teng, H.Y. , Y.S. Lin, & C.S. Tzeng 2009: A New Anguilla Species and a Reanalysis of the Phylogeny of Freshwater Eels. Zoological Studies 48 (6): 808–822. Full article: .