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Hippocampus (Graece hippos 'equus' + kampos 'monstrum'^[3]) est genus piscum subfamiliae Hippocampinarum familiae Syngnathidarum ordinis Syngnathiformium. Familia subfamiliam Syngnathinas quoque comprehendit.

Sunt circa quadraginta hippocamporum species, praecipue in tropicis temperatisque maribus humilibus per orbem terrarum endemicae. Se in tutelam herbarum marinarum, scopulorum curalii, et mangalium recipiunt. Coloniae in aquis Europaeis sicut Aestuarium Thamesis inveniuntur.^[4]

Taxinomia

• Genus Hippocampus
  • Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827 (Nova Zelandia et Australia australis et orientalis)
  • Hippocampus alatus Kuiter, 2001
  • Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856
  • Hippocampus angustus Günther, 1870
  • Hippocampus barbouri Jordan & Richardson, 1908
  • Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley, 1970 (Oceanus Pacificus occidentalis: Indonesia, Philippinae, Papua Nova Guinea, Insulae Salomonis, etc)
  • Hippocampus biocellatus Kuiter, 2001
  • Hippocampus borboniensis Duméril, 1870
  • Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869 (Australia australis et orientalis)
  • Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854
  • Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900
  • Hippocampus colemani Kuiter, 2003
  • Hippocampus comes Cantor, 1850
  • Hippocampus coronatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850
  • Hippocampus denise Lourie & Randall, 2003
  • Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810 (Americarum litus orientale, inter Novam Scotiam et Uruguaiam)
  • Hippocampus fisheri Jordan & Evermann, 1903
  • Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838 (Oceanus Indicus)
  • Hippocampus grandiceps Kuiter, 2001
  • Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829
  • Hippocampus hendriki Kuiter, 2001
  • Hippocampus hippocampus (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mare Mediterraneum et Oceanus Atlanticus)
  • Hippocampus histrix Kaup, 1856 (Oceanus Indicus, Sinus Persicus, Mare Rubrum, et Oriens Remotus)
  • Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858 (Litus Pacifum Americae Septentrionalis, Mediae, Australis)
  • Hippocampus jayakari Boulenger, 1900
  • Hippocampus jugumus Kuiter, 2001
  • Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  • Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
  • Hippocampus lichtensteinii Kaup, 1856
  • Hippocampus minotaur Gomon, 1997
  • Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1854
  • Hippocampus montebelloensis Kuiter, 2001
  • Hippocampus multispinus Kuiter, 2001
  • Hippocampus pontohi Lourie and Kuiter, 2008
  • Hippocampus procerus Kuiter, 2001
  • Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001
  • Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933 (scopuli curalii Maris Caribici)
  • Hippocampus satomiae Lourie and Kuiter, 2008
  • Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001
  • Hippocampus severnsi Lourie and Kuiter, 2008
  • Hippocampus sindonis Jordan & Snyder, 1901
  • Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913
  • Hippocampus subelongatus Castelnau, 1873
  • Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, 1814
  • Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855 (east Australia)
  • Hippocampus zebra Whitley, 1964
  • Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 (Sinus Mexici et Mare Caribbicum)

Nexus interni

• Hippocampus (mythologia)

Notae

Bibliographia

• Lourie, Sara A., Amanda C. J. Vincent, et Heather J. Hall. 1999. Seahorses: An Identification Guide to the World's Species and their Conversation. London: Project Seahorse.
• Sparks, John. 1999. Battle of the Sexes: The Natural History of Sex. Londini: BBC Books.
• Teske P. R., H. Hamilton, C. A. Matthee, et N. P. Barker. 2007. "Signatures of seaway closures and founder dispersal in the phylogeny of a circumglobally distributed seahorse lineage." BMC Evolutionary Biology 7:138. BiomedCentral.com
• Vincent, Amanda C. J., et Laila M. Sadler. 1995. "Faithful pair bonds in wild seahorse, Hippocampus whitei." Animal Behaviour 50:1557-1569.
• Vincent, Amanda, C. J. 1995."A role for daily greetings in maintaining seahorse pair bonds." Animal Behaviour 49:258-260.
• Vincent, Amanda C. J. 1990. "A seahorse father makes a good mother." Natural History 12:34-43.
• Vincent, Amanda C. J., et Rosie Woodroffe. 1994. "Mothers little helpers: patterns of male care in mammals." Trends in Ecology and Evolution 9:294-297.