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  • Cyclothone pygmaea Jespersen & Tåning, 1926


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    Taxonomy

    Bristlemouth

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Stomiatiformes Rosen 1973
    Family: Gonostomatidae Gill 1893
    Genus: Cyclothone
    Species: Cyclothone pygmaea
    Author Citation Jespersen & Tåning, 1926

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Pliocene
    International Age: late Piacenzian to early Pleistocene

    Stratigraphy

    Calabrian Formation (marine)

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 2 cm

    Location

    Vrica
    Crotone
    Calabria
    Italy

    Comments

    Cyclothone pygmaea, a bioluminescent bristlemouth, is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea.




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