Published December 31, 2012 | Version v1
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Isurus paucus

Description

Isurus paucus

Fresh material: 1 specimen, ERB 0 935, female, 2540 mm TL, 23 July 2008, 40°24’N, 67°23’W, northwest Atlantic Ocean.

Additional illustrations: Compagno (1990, figs. 5L, 6L, 7L).

Notes

Published as part of Mollen, Frederik H., Wintner, Sabine P., Iglésias, Samuel P., Van, Sean R. & Jagt, John W. M., 2012, Comparative morphology of rostral cartilages in extant mackerel sharks (Chondrichthyes, Lamniformes, Lamnidae) using CT scanning, pp. 29-43 in Zootaxa 3340 on page 32, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.215285

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Lamnidae
Genus
Isurus
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lamniformes
Phylum
Chordata
Species
paucus
Taxon rank
species

References

  • Compagno, L. J. V. (1990) Relationships of the megamouth shark, Megachasma pelagios (Lamniformes: Megachasmidae), with comments on its feeding habits. In: Pratt, H. L., Gruber, S. H. & Taniuchi, T. (Eds), Elasmobranchs as living resources: advances in the biology, ecology, systematics, and the status of the fisheries. NOAA Technical report NMFS, 90, 357 - 379.