Apristurus breviventralis

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: Pentanchidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species: Apristurus breviventralis

Name

Apristurus breviventralis Kawauchi, Weigmann & Nakaya, 2014, 2014

• Holotype: ZMH 25600.
• Paratypes: HUMZ 221300 (1), 221301 (1); ZMH 25601 (6).

Type locality: Off Socotra Islands, 12°22’08"N, 53°02’07"E to 12°21’02"N, 53°01’'03"E, depth 1000-1120 meters.

Etymology: The specific name breviventralis is derived from the short abdomen of the species (lat. brevis = short, ventralis = pertaining to the abdomen).

References

• Kawauchi, J., Weigmann, S. & Nakaya, K. 2014. Apristurus breviventralis, a new species of deep-water catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from the Gulf of Aden. Zootaxa 3881(1): 1–16. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3881.1.1 Reference page. 

Links

• Apristurus breviventralis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Apristurus breviventralis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Shortbelly Catshark

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