Bythaelurus vivaldii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Carcharhiniformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Galeomorphii Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Bythaelurus
Species: Bythaelurus vivaldii

Name

• Bythaelurus vivaldii Weigmann & Kaschner, 2017: 98

Holotype: ZMB 17410, 325 mm TL, presumably adult ♀.

Type locality: “RV ‘Valdivia’, station 265, off Somalia, 6°24'1" N, 49°31'6" E, 628 m depth.”

Eponymy: Antonio Vivaldi^[→wp]

References

Primary references

• Weigmann, S. & Kaschner, C.J. 2017. Bythaelurus vivaldii, a new deep-water catshark (Carcharhiniformes, Scyliorhinidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean off Somalia. Zootaxa 4263(1): 97–114. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.1.4. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Vivaldi’s Catshark