Haptenchelys

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: Elopocephalai
Supercohors: Elopocephala
Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha
Ordo: Anguilliformes
Subordo: Synaphobranchoidei

Familia: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Haptenchelys
Species (1): H. texis
Name

Haptenchelys Robins & Martin in Robins & Robins, 1976: 267
Gender: feminine
Type species: Haptenchelys texis Robins & Martin, 1976
Fixation: original designation [also monotypic]

References

Robins, C.H. & Robins, C.R. 1976: New genera and species of dysommine and synaphobranchine eels (Synaphobranchidae) with an analysis of the Dysomminae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 127 [for 1975]: 249–280. Abstract & excerpt

Links

ION
Nomenclator Zoologicus
Haptenchelys species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Haptenchelys and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
ITIS

Haptenchelys is a genus of deep-water eel in the family Synaphobranchidae. It contains two species. It is found in the Atlantic Ocean and Pacific Ocean at depths of 2,121 to 4,836 metres (7,000 to 16,000 ft).[1]
Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

Haptenchelys parviocularis Tashiro & Shinohara, 2014 (small-eyed abyssal eel) [1]
Haptenchelys texis C. H. Robins & D. M. Martin, 1976

References

Tashiro, F. & Shinohara, G. (2014): A new species of deep-sea synaphobranchid eel, Haptenchelys parviocularis (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae), from Japan. Ichthyological Research, 62 (2): 115-121.