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Hydrophidae (sea snake)
Taxonomy
Hydrophidae was named by Boié (1827). It is extant.
It was reranked as the tribe Hydrophinae by Perrier (1928); it was reranked as the subfamily Hydropheinae by Myers et al. (2001); it was misspelled as Hydrophinae by Kuhn (1946), Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the subfamily Hydrophiinae by Boulenger (1896), Rasmussen (2001), Scanlon et al. (2003).
It was assigned to Ophidia by Boié (1827); to Platycerca by Cope (1871), Cope (1875); to Colubridae by Boulenger (1896); to Proteroglypha by Perrier (1928); to Proteroglypha by Kuhn (1946); to Colubroidea by Kuhn (1966); and to Elapidae by Rasmussen (2001), Myers et al. (2001), Scanlon et al. (2003).
It was reranked as the tribe Hydrophinae by Perrier (1928); it was reranked as the subfamily Hydropheinae by Myers et al. (2001); it was misspelled as Hydrophinae by Kuhn (1946), Kuhn (1966); it was reranked as the subfamily Hydrophiinae by Boulenger (1896), Rasmussen (2001), Scanlon et al. (2003).
It was assigned to Ophidia by Boié (1827); to Platycerca by Cope (1871), Cope (1875); to Colubridae by Boulenger (1896); to Proteroglypha by Perrier (1928); to Proteroglypha by Kuhn (1946); to Colubroidea by Kuhn (1966); and to Elapidae by Rasmussen (2001), Myers et al. (2001), Scanlon et al. (2003).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1827 | Hydrophidae Boié p. 510 |
| 1871 | Hydrophidae Cope p. 238 |
| 1875 | Hydrophidae Cope p. 23 |
| 1896 | Hydrophiinae Boulenger p. 264 |
| 1928 | Hydrophinae Perrier p. 3108 |
| 1946 | Hydrophinae Kuhn p. 62 |
| 1966 | Hydrophidae Kuhn p. 67 |
| 2001 | Hydropheinae Myers et al. p. 148 |
| 2001 | Hydrophiinae Rasmussen p. 3995 |
| 2003 | Hydrophiinae Scanlon et al. p. 577 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Hydrophidae Boié 1827 [sea snake]
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. Perrier 1928 | Tête d'une venue avec le corps, qui est comprimé et terminé par une queue en forme de rame; narines sur le museau, fermées par des valvules; d'ordinaire une seule paire de plaques nasales contiguës; plaques ventrales petites ou remplacées par des écailles; rostrale à 2 échancrures; la partie divisée dela langue seule protractile. Tous marins. Vivipares. Océan Indien et Pacifique. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Behler and King 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available