Genus Epigonichthys Peters, 1876

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• Epigonichthys Peters, W. 1876. Über Epigonichthys cultellus, eine neue Gattung und Art der Leptocardii. Monatsberichte der Deutschen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1875: 322-326 [322].

  Type species:

   Epigonichthys cultellus Peters, 1876 by monotypy.
• Paramphioxus Haeckel, E. 1893. Zur Phylogenie der Australischen Fauna. In, Semon, R. Zoologische Forschungsreisen in Australian und dem malayischen Archipel. Denkschr. Deutsch med.-naturwiss. Gesell. Jena Bd 4, Abt.1S1 XXL. [xiii].

  Type species:

   Branchiostoma bassanum Gunther, 1893 by monotypy.

  Secondary source:

   Hubbs, C.L. 1922. A list of the lancelets of the world with diagnoses of five new species of Branchiostoma. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 105: 1-16.
• Asymmetron Andrews, E.A. 1893. An undescribed acraniate, Asymmetron Lucayanum. Studies from the Biological Laboratory, John Hopkins University 5: 213-247 [237].

  Type species:

   Asymmetron lucayanum Andrews, 1893 by monotypy.
• Heteropleuron Kirkaldy, J.W. 1895. A revision of the genera and species of the Branchiostomatidae. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science ns 37: 303-323 [314].

  Type species:

   Heteropleuron cingalense Kirkaldy, 1895 by subsequent designation, see Hubbs, C.L. 1922. A list of the lancelets of the world with diagnoses of five new species of Branchiostoma. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 105: 1-16 (not Whitley, G.P. 1932. The lancelets and lampreys of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 256–264).
• Amphipleurichthys Whitley, G.P. 1932. The lancelets and lampreys of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 256-264 [256].

  Type species:

   Branchiostoma (Amphipleurichthys) minucauda Whitley, 1932 by monotypy.
• Bathyamphioxus Whitley, G.P. 1932. The lancelets and lampreys of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 256-264 [257].

  Type species:

   Asymmetron australis Raff, 1912 by monotypy.
• Merscalpellus Whitley, G.P. 1932. The lancelets and lampreys of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 256-264 [259].

  Type species:

   Heteropleuron hedleyi Haswell, 1908 by monotypy.
• Notasymmetron Whitley, G.P. 1932. The lancelets and lampreys of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 256-264 [260].

  Type species:

   Asymmetron caudatum Willey, 1896 by monotypy.
• Zeamphioxus Whitley, G.P. 1932. The lancelets and lampreys of Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 7: 256-264 [264].

  Type species:

   Heteropleuron hectori Benham, 1901 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Hubbs, C.L. 1922. A list of the lancelets of the world with diagnoses of five new species of Branchiostoma. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 105: 1-16 [14] (for Paramphioxus Haeckel, 1893, Asymmetron Andrews, 1893 and Heteropleuron Kirkaldy, 1895)
• Richardson, B.J. & McKenzie, A.M. 1994. Taxonomy and distribution of Australian cephalochordates (Subphylum Cephalochordata; Phylum Chordata). Invertebrate Taxonomy 8: 1443-1459 [1451] (for Amphipleurichthys Whitley, 1932, Bathyamphioxus Whitley, 1932, Merscalpellus Whitley, 1932, Notasymmetron Whitley, 1932 and Zeamphioxus Whitley, 1932)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IMCRA

Timor Transition (1), Lord Howe Province (14), Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition (32), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northwest Province (4), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41), Central Western Transition (5)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
  • New South Wales: Central E coast, Lower E coast
  • Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N coast
  • Queensland: Central E coast, Great Barrier Reef, Gulf of Carpentaria, NE coast
  • South Australia: Great Australian Bight
  • Tasmania: Bass Strait, Tas. coast
  • Victoria: Bass Strait
  • Western Australia: Central W coast, NW coast

Distribution References

History of changes

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		12-Feb-2010	(import)