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Taxon: Genus Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810 - seahorse (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     Clade Pan-Osteichthyes Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                       Clade Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                         Clade Pan-Actinopterygii Rowe 2004 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                           Clade Actinopterygii Woodward 1891 [Moore & Near 2020]
                                                             Clade Pan-Actinopteri Moore & Near 2020
                                                               Class Actinopteri Cope, 1871
                                                                 Subclass Neopterygii Regan, 1923
                                                                   Infraclass Teleosteomorpha Arratia, 2001
                                                                     Division Teleostei Müller, 1845
                                                                       Supercohort Teleocephala de Pinna, 1996 - crown-group Teleostei
                                                                         Cohort Clupeocephala Patterson & Rosen, 1977
                                                                           Subcohort Euteleosteomorpha Greenwood et al., 1966
                                                                             Infracohort Neoteleostei Nelson, 1969
                                                                               Supersection Eurypterygia Rosen, 1973
                                                                                 Section Ctenosquamata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                   Subsection Acanthomorphata Rosen, 1973
                                                                                     Clade Euacanthomorpha Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                       Clade Holacanthopterygii Johnson & Patterson, 1993
                                                                                         Division Acanthopterygii Rosen & Patterson, 1969
                                                                                           Subdivision Percomorphaceae
                                                                                             Series Syngnatharia [monotypic]
                                                                                               Order Syngnathiformes Berg, 1940 - pipefishes and seahorses
                                                                                                 Suborder Syngnathoidei Berg, 1940
                                                                                                   Infraorder Syngnatha Pietsch, 1978
                                                                                                     Family Syngnathidae Bonaparte, 1831 - pipefishes and seahorses
                                                                                                       Subfamily Syngnathinae Bonaparte, 1831 - tail-brooding pipefishes
                                                                                                         Genus Hippocampus Rafinesque, 1810 - seahorse
                                                                                                           01.1 Hippocampus abdominalis Lesson, 1827 - big-bellied seahorse
                                                                                                           01.2 Hippocampus bleekeri Fowler, 1907
                                                                                                           02 Hippocampus alatus Kuiter, 2001
                                                                                                           03 Hippocampus algiricus Kaup, 1856 - West African seahorse
                                                                                                           04 Hippocampus angustus Günther, 1870 - narrow-bellied seahorse
                                                                                                           05 Hippocampus barbouri Jordan & Richardson, 1908 - Barbour's seahorse
                                                                                                           06 Hippocampus bargibanti Whitley, 1970 - Bargibant's seahorse
                                                                                                           07 Hippocampus biocellatus Kuiter, 2001
                                                                                                           08 Hippocampus borboniensis Duméril, 1870 - Réunion seahorse
                                                                                                           09.1 Hippocampus breviceps Peters, 1869 - knobby seahorse
                                                                                                           09.2 Hippocampus tuberculatus Castelnau, 1875
                                                                                                           10 Hippocampus camelopardalis Bianconi, 1854 - giraffe seahorse
                                                                                                           11 Hippocampus capensis Boulenger, 1900 - Cape seahorse
                                                                                                           12 Hippocampus colemani Kuiter, 2003
                                                                                                           13 Hippocampus comes Cantor, 1849
                                                                                                           14 Hippocampus coronatus Temminck & Schlegel, 1850 - crowned seahorse
                                                                                                           15 Hippocampus curvicuspis Fricke, 2004
                                                                                                           16 Hippocampus debelius Gomon & Kuiter, 2009 - soft-coral seahorse
                                                                                                           17 Hippocampus denise Lourie & Randall, 2003
                                                                                                           18 Hippocampus erectus Perry, 1810 - lined seahorse
                                                                                                           19 Hippocampus fisheri Jordan & Evermann, 1903 - Fisher's seahorse
                                                                                                           20 Hippocampus fuscus Rüppell, 1838 - sea pony
                                                                                                           21 Hippocampus grandiceps Kuiter, 2001
                                                                                                           22 Hippocampus guttulatus Cuvier, 1829 - long-snouted seahorse
                                                                                                           23 Hippocampus hendriki Kuiter, 2001
                                                                                                           24 Hippocampus hippocampus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - short-snouted seahorse
                                                                                                           25 Hippocampus histrix Kaup, 1856 - spiny seahorse
                                                                                                           26 Hippocampus ingens Girard, 1858 - Pacific seahorse
                                                                                                           27 Hippocampus jayakari Boulenger, 1900 - Jayakar's seahorse
                                                                                                           28 Hippocampus jugumus Kuiter, 2001
                                                                                                           29 Hippocampus kelloggi Jordan & Snyder, 1901 - great seahorse
                                                                                                           30.1 Hippocampus kuda Bleeker, 1852
                                                                                                           30.2 Hippocampus moluccensis Bleeker, 1852
                                                                                                           30.3 Hippocampus polytaenia Bleeker, 1854
                                                                                                           30.4 Hippocampus taeniopterus Bleeker, 1852
                                                                                                           30.5 Hippocampus tristis Castelnau, 1872
                                                                                                           31 Hippocampus lichtensteinii Kaup, 1856 - Lichtenstein's Seahorse
                                                                                                           32 Hippocampus minotaur Gomon, 1997 - bullneck seahorse
                                                                                                           33 Hippocampus mohnikei Bleeker, 1853 - Japanese seahorse
                                                                                                           34 Hippocampus montebelloensis Kuiter, 2001
                                                                                                           35 Hippocampus multispinus Kuiter, 2001
                                                                                                           36 Hippocampus patagonicus Piacentino & Luzzatto, 2004
                                                                                                           37 Hippocampus pontohi Lourie & Kuiter, 2008 - Pontoh's pygmy seahorse
                                                                                                           38 Hippocampus procerus Kuiter, 2001
                                                                                                           39 Hippocampus pusillus Fricke, 2004
                                                                                                           40 Hippocampus queenslandicus Horne, 2001
                                                                                                           41 Hippocampus reidi Ginsburg, 1933 - longsnout seahorse
                                                                                                           42 Hippocampus satomiae Lourie & Kuiter, 2008 - Satomi's pygmy seahorse
                                                                                                           43 Hippocampus semispinosus Kuiter, 2001
                                                                                                           44 Hippocampus severnsi S. Lourie & Kuiter, 2008 - Severns's pygmy seahorse
                                                                                                           45 Hippocampus sindonis Jordan & Snyder, 1901 - Dhiho's seahorse
                                                                                                           46 Hippocampus spinosissimus Weber, 1913 - hedgehog seahorse
                                                                                                           47 Hippocampus subelongatus Castelnau, 1873 - tiger snout seahorse
                                                                                                           48.1 Hippocampus trimaculatus Leach, in Leach & Nodder, 1814 - three-spotted seahorse
                                                                                                           48.2 Hippocampus dahli Ogilby, 1908
                                                                                                           48.3 Hippocampus kampylotrachelos Bleeker, 1854
                                                                                                           48.4 Hippocampus planifrons Peters, 1877
                                                                                                           49 Hippocampus waleananus Gomon & Kuiter, 2009 - Walea pygmy seahorse
                                                                                                           50 Hippocampus whitei Bleeker, 1855 - White's seahorse
                                                                                                           51 Hippocampus zebra Whitley, 1964 - zebra seahorse
                                                                                                           52 Hippocampus zosterae Jordan & Gilbert, 1882 - dwarf seahorse

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