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Current accepted name |
Yes
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Status |
Accepted name
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Status details |
senior synonym, original combination
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Comment |
Author and year from Eschmeyer (CofF ver. Nov. 1999: Ref. 33021).
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Etymology of generic noun |
Greek, thalassa = the sea + Greek, soma = body; the colour of the sea (Ref. 45335).
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Etymology of specific epithet |
Named in honor of John B. Heiser who wrote his PhD theis (1981) on the classification of the genus Thalassoma (Ref. 10372).
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Link to references |
References using the name as accepted
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