Himantolophus Reinhardt, 1837
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https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0151 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10960634 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/5D77BB3E-0F28-FFE3-FCC4-F9FEDEC2F8CA |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Himantolophus Reinhardt, 1837 |
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Diagnosis. Himantolophus is the only genus in the family. In addition to the diagnostic features of the Himantolophidae , females and males are distinguished by the absence of the parietal bone throughout life ( vs. parietal present or lost during metamorphosis in females of the gigantactinid genus Rhynchactis ), and by the presence of a triradiate pelvic bone (sometimes also present in the oneirodid genus Chaenophryne ) (Pietsch, 2009).
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