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Megachasmidae Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983
Authors/Creators
- 1. Grasmeent 80, 1357 JJ Almere, The Netherlands
- 2. Curator Emeritus, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA.
- 3. Im Ramstal 76, 97922 Lauda-Königshofen, Germany & Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Rosenstein 1, D- 70191 Stuttgart, Germany [temporarily out of office]
Description
Family Megachasmidae Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983
Megouridae “Randall et al.” [Ellis & McCosker] 1980 (family) “ Megoura ” [a prank article, not available; family name sometimes seen as Megourididae]
Megachasmidae Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983:89 [ref. 5428] (family) Megachasma
Notes
Published as part of Laan, Richard Van Der, Eschmeyer, William N. & Fricke, Ronald, 2014, Family-group names of Recent fishes, pp. 1-230 in Zootaxa 3882 (2) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7047777
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Additional details
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Lamniformes
- Family
- Megachasmidae
- Taxon rank
- family
- Taxonomic concept label
- Megachasmidae Taylor, 1983 sec. Laan, Eschmeyer & Fricke, 2014
References
- Taylor Jr., L. R., Compagno, L. J. V. & Struhsaker, P. J. (1983) Megamouth - a new species, genus, and family of lamnoid shark (Megachasma pelagios, family Megachasmidae) from the Hawaiian Islands. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 43 (8), 87 - 110. [6 July, ref. 5428] http: // www. biodiversitylibrary. org / page / 15775401