IRMNG - Cephalopterus Risso, 1810

IRMNG name details

Cephalopterus Risso, 1810

IRMNG_ID

1262598 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1262598)

Classification

Status

unaccepted

Accepted Name

Mobula Rafinesque, 1810

Rank

Genus

Parent

Myliobatidae Bonaparte, 1835

Direct children (6)

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Species Cephalopterus edentula Griffini, 1903 accepted as Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Cephalopterus giornae (Lacepède, 1803) accepted as Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Cephalopterus hypostomus Bancroft, 1831 accepted as Mobula hypostoma (Bancroft, 1831)
Species Cephalopterus manta Bancroft, 1829 accepted as Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)
Species Cephalopterus massena Risso, 1810 accepted as Mobula mobular (Bonnaterre, 1788)
Species Cephalopterus vampyrus Mitchill, 1824 accepted as Manta birostris (Walbaum, 1792)

Environment

marine, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Ichth. Nice
page(s): 14 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Invalid name (jun. homonym, refer ICZN Index). See Pterocephalus Swainson 1838), (Nomen. Zool.). Objectively invalid;...

Taxonomic remark Invalid name (jun. homonym, refer ICZN Index). See Pterocephalus Swainson 1838), (Nomen. Zool.). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Cephalopterus Geoffroy St. Hilaire 1809 in Aves; replaced by Pterocephalus Swainson 1838. On Official Index (Direction 44). (Eschmeyer). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Cephalopterus Risso, 1810. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1262598 on 2025-04-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-11-13 23:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2016-11-22 11:10:04Z

changed

db_admin

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original description Ichth. Nice
page(s): 14 [details]

basis of record CoL 2006 [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 Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).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]

source of synonymy WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

source of synonymy 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 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]

extant flag source Catalogue of Life 2006 [details]

habitat flag source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status invalid [details]

Subfamily Mobulinae [details]

Type species as cited Raja giorna Lacepède 1803 [details]

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