WoRMS taxon details
Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923
158656 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158656)
accepted
Species
Diastobranchus danae (Bruun, 1937) · unaccepted
Ilyophis capensis (Barnard, 1923) · unaccepted
Synaphobranchus capensis (Barnard, 1923) · unaccepted
Synaphobranchus danae Bruun, 1937 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Barnard, K. H. (1923). Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445. [details]
Distribution off New England
Distribution off New England [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Diastobranchus capensis Barnard, 1923. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158656 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
original description
Barnard, K. H. (1923). Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445. [details]
original description (of Synaphobranchus danae Bruun, 1937) Bruun, A. F. (1937). Contributions to the life histories of the deep sea eels: Synaphobranchidae. <em>Dana Report.</em> No. 9: 1-31, Pl. 1. [details]
basis of record Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em> [details]
original description (of Synaphobranchus danae Bruun, 1937) Bruun, A. F. (1937). Contributions to the life histories of the deep sea eels: Synaphobranchidae. <em>Dana Report.</em> No. 9: 1-31, Pl. 1. [details]
basis of record Moore, J. A.; Vecchione, M.; Collette, B.B.; Gibbons; R. (2002). The fauna of Bear Seamount (New England Seamount chain), and the presence of "natural invader" species. <em>ICES Annual Science Conference and ICES Centenary.</em> [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554. [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution off New England [details]Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | basketwork eel | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (53 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Synaphobranchus danae Bruun, 1937)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diastobranchus danae (Bruun, 1937))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diastobranchus capensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Ilyophis capensis (Barnard, 1923))
To FishBase (from synonym Synaphobranchus capensis (Barnard, 1923))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Synaphobranchus danae Bruun, 1937)
To FishBase (from synonym Diastobranchus danae (Bruun, 1937))
To FishBase images (Diastobranchus capensis, by Yau, B.)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Synaphobranchus capensis (Barnard, 1923))
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Synaphobranchus danae Bruun, 1937)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Diastobranchus danae (Bruun, 1937))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Diastobranchus capensis)
To FishBase (from synonym Ilyophis capensis (Barnard, 1923))
To FishBase (from synonym Synaphobranchus capensis (Barnard, 1923))
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Synaphobranchus danae Bruun, 1937)
To FishBase (from synonym Diastobranchus danae (Bruun, 1937))
To FishBase images (Diastobranchus capensis, by Yau, B.)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins)
To GenBank (10 nucleotides; 8 proteins) (from synonym Synaphobranchus capensis (Barnard, 1923))
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To ITIS
