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Issue: Vol. 5389 No. 4: 21 Dec. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-12-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5389.4.5
Page range: 473-482
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The type series of Poromitra crassiceps (Pisces, Melamphaidae) with lectotype designation

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity; Somerset Street; Makhanda; South Africa 6140
Natural History Museum; Cromwell Road; London SW7 5BD; United Kingdom
British Antarctic Survey; NERC High Cross; Madingley Road; Cambridge CB3 0ET; United Kingdom
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity; Somerset Street; Makhanda; South Africa 6140
Australian National Fish Collection; National Research Collections Australia; CSIRO; Castray Esplanade; Hobart. Tas. 7001. Australia
Pisces molecular genetics Poromitra altantica Southern Ocean syntypes

Abstract

The type series of Poromitra crassiceps (Günther, 1878) was thought to include specimens from four localities in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern oceans. Comparison of the extant syntypes with the original description revealed that the specimen from the Pacific Ocean was not included in the original type series; one syntype from the Atlantic Ocean was never incorporated into the collection of the Natural History Museum, London, and is considered lost, and another cannot be identified due to its bad condition. The fourth syntype, from the Southern Ocean and in the best condition, is designated lectotype of this species. Molecular analysis of tissue samples collected by us as well as publically available COI sequences showed that only one species, P. crassiceps, is currently known from the Southern Ocean. Specimens from this ocean named P. atlantica (Norman, 1929) in the literature and in collections are probably misidentifications of P. crassiceps. The validity of P. atlantica needs confirmation from fresh material from the type locality.

 

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