Bathysphaera
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Vinony's link graph records 7 inbound references to Bathysphaera, and connects out to Opostomias micripnus, Bermuda and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under Aquatic cryptids, Controversial fish taxa and Fish described in 1932.
Vinony links it to 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- cryptid
- Parent taxon
- Melanostomiinae
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Bathysphaera
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- Background
- The encounter
- Status of existence
- See also
- References
thumb|right|An illustration based on Else Bostelmann's reconstruction
Bathysphaera intacta, or the giant dragonfish, is a hypothetical species of fish described by William Beebe on 22 September 1932, having been spotted by the biologist as he descended to a depth of 640 metres (2100 feet) off the coast of Bermuda.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bathysphaera” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.