Bullneck seahorse
The bullneck seahorse (Hippocampus minotaur) is a pygmy seahorse in the genus Hippocampus. This seahorse has never been found in the wild,[1] and little is known about its natural habitat. The only known specimens were collected on the coast of Eden, Australia. It is thought to live in sand beds at the bottom of the ocean, possibly wrapping its prehensile tail around gorgonian corals. The seahorse is among the 25 “most wanted lost” species that are the focus of Global Wildlife Conservation's “Search for Lost Species” initiative.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Syngnathiformes |
| Family: | Syngnathidae |
| Genus: | Hippocampus |
| Species: | H. minotaur |
| Binomial name | |
| Hippocampus minotaur M. F. Gomon, 1997 | |
Martin F. Gomon produced the first description of Hippocampus minotaur in Memoirs of Museum Victoria in 1997.[4]
References
- Pollom, R. (2017). "Hippocampus minotaur". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T10077A54906067. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T10077A54906067.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- "The Search for Lost Species". Global Wildlife Conservation.
- "A remarkable new pygmy seahorse (Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from southeastern Australia, with a redescription of H. bargibanti Whitley from New Caledonia". Museums Victoria. doi:10.24199/j.mmv.1997.56.10. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
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