Dr. Jiro Sakaue, Palau
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Johnson, Ida & Sakaue, 2011
Very special thanks for the first photo of Protanguilla palau to Dr. Jiro Sakaue from Palau.
Protanguilla palau is a living fossil and an endemit from Ngemelis Island, Palau (Oceania, Pacific Ocean).
Protanguilla palau is a species of eel, and the only species in the genus Protanguilla, a few Individuals were found in March 2010 swimming in a deep underwater cave in a fringing reef off the coast of Palau.
You will find further informations in the oriiginal description: A ‘living fossil’ eel (Anguilliformes: Protanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau, click on the link below, please.
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Teleostei (Infraclass) > Elopomorpha (Superorder) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Protanguillidae (Family) > Protanguilla (Genus) > Protanguilla palau (Species)
Very special thanks for the first photo of Protanguilla palau to Dr. Jiro Sakaue from Palau.
Protanguilla palau is a living fossil and an endemit from Ngemelis Island, Palau (Oceania, Pacific Ocean).
Protanguilla palau is a species of eel, and the only species in the genus Protanguilla, a few Individuals were found in March 2010 swimming in a deep underwater cave in a fringing reef off the coast of Palau.
You will find further informations in the oriiginal description: A ‘living fossil’ eel (Anguilliformes: Protanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau, click on the link below, please.
Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Teleostei (Infraclass) > Elopomorpha (Superorder) > Anguilliformes (Order) > Protanguillidae (Family) > Protanguilla (Genus) > Protanguilla palau (Species)
