Hippocampus waleananus explained

Hippocampus waleananus, the Walea pygmy seahorse, is a species of seahorse endemic to the Togian Islands in Indonesia, and is associated with specific soft corals.[1] The species was described in 2009 from a single specimen which was found close to the island Walea. A 2016 classification considered it a synonym of Hippocampus satomiae, Lourie & Kuiter, 2008 due to lack of sufficient morphological differences,[2] but following a reevaluation it is now recognised as a distinct species.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Gomon. Martin F.. Kuiter. Rudie H.. January 2009. Two new pygmy seahorses (Teleostei: Syngnathidae: Hippocampus) from the Indo-West Pacific.. Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology. 15. 37–44.
  2. Lourie . S. A. . Pollom . R.A. . Foster . S.J. . 2016 . A global revision of the seahorses Hippocampus Rafinesque 1810 (Actinopterygii: Syngnathiformes): taxonomy and biogeography with recommendations for further research . Zootaxa . 4146 . 1. 1–66 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4146.1.1 . 27515600 .
  3. Short. Graham. Smith. Richard. Motomura. Hiroyuki. Harasti. David. Hamilton. Healy. 2018-08-02. Hippocampus japapigu, a new species of pygmy seahorse from Japan, with a redescription of H. pontohi (Teleostei, Syngnathidae). ZooKeys. en. 779. 27–49. 10.3897/zookeys.779.24799. 1313-2970. 30166895. 6110155. free. 2018ZooK..779...27S .

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