Hippocampus

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***Hippocampus*** (Graece *hippos* 'equus' + *kampos* 'monstrum') est genus piscium 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. 

## 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)

*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.

## Nexus externi 
* ARKive—Imagines et pelliculae de *Hippocampo bargibanti*
* Arnes.si, Hippocampi fossiles ex Collibus Tunjice (Slovenia)* DiveGallery.com, photographemata hippocamporum
* FusedJaw.com, de hippocampis
* ProjectSeahorse.org, Grex pro investigatione et conservatione
* QataVisitor.com Hippocampi in Qatar
* RobertoSozzani.it, *Hippocampus denise* Pinacotheca hippocampi nani
* RobertoSozzani.it, *Pontohi* hippocampus nanus
* RobertoSozzani.it, *Walea'' Hippocampus nanus
* Seahorse.org, Aquarium Hobby
* Vimeo.com, Pellicula nonnullorum hippocamporum apud Monterey Bay Aquarium

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