Hippocampus pontohi, Lourie & Kuiter 2008
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4146.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:35E0DECB-20CE-4295-AE8E-CB3CAB226C70 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6090981 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C42F37-0C4F-7336-FF66-CD16BFC7D813 |
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Plazi |
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Hippocampus pontohi |
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H. pontohi Lourie & Kuiter 2008 View in CoL
English common name. Pontoh’s Pygmy Seahorse Synonyms. H. severnsi Lourie and Kuiter 2008 .
Distribution. Indonesia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, USA ( Northern Mariana Islands).
Holtoype: MZB 13593. Paratypes: MZB 13596, 13597.
Type locality. Bunaken , North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Notes. H. severnsi is considered a synonym based on the fact that its original description (Lourie & Kuiter
2008) does not include distinct morphological characters (colour only) (Appendix L). Recent genetic analyses
confirm this synonymy (H. Hamilton, in litt. to SL and RP, 13 Feb 2015).
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