Ammodytes

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha
Subcohors: Neoteleostei
Infracohors: Eurypterygia
Sectio: Ctenosquamata
Subsectio: Acanthomorphata
Divisio/Superordo: Acanthopterygii
Subdivisio: Percomorphaceae
Series: Eupercaria
Ordo: Perciformes
Subordo: Trachinoidei

Familia: Ammodytidae
Genus: Ammodytes
Species: A. americanus – A. dubius – A. hexapterus – A. marinus – A. personatus – A. tobianus
Name

Ammodytes Linnaeus, 1758
Gender: masculine
Type species: Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1862
Fixation: monotypy

References

Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturæ, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis, Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiæ: impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. i–ii, 1–824 pp DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542: 247. Reference page.
Thiel, R. & Knebelsberger, T, 2016. How reliably can northeast Atlantic sand lances of the genera Ammodytes and Hyperoplus be distinguished? A comparative application of morphological and molecular methods. ZooKeys 617: 139-164. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.617.8866. Reference page.

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Ammodytes in the World Register of Marine Species

Ammodytes is a genus of sand lances native to the northern oceans.
Species

There are currently 8 recognized species in this genus:

Ammodytes americanus DeKay, 1842 (American sand lance)
Ammodytes dubius J. C. H. Reinhardt, 1837 (Northern sand lance)
Ammodytes heian J. W. Orr, Wildes & Kai, 2015 (Peaceful sand lance) [1]
Ammodytes hexapterus Pallas, 1814 (Arctic sand lance) [1]
Ammodytes japonicus Duncker & Mohr (de), 1939 (Western sand lance) [1]
Ammodytes marinus Raitt, 1934 (Lesser sand eel)
Ammodytes personatus Girard, 1856 (Pacific sand lance) [1]
Ammodytes tobianus Linnaeus, 1758 (Small sand eel)

References

Orr, J.W.; Wildes, S.; Kai, Y.; Raring, N.; Nakabo, T.; Katugin, O. & Guyon, J. (2015). "Systematics of North Pacific sand lances of the genus Ammodytes based on molecular and morphological evidence, with the description of a new species from Japan" (PDF). Fishery Bulletin. 113 (2): 129–156. doi:10.7755/fb.113.2.3.