Apristurus garricki

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: Pentanchidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species: Apristurus garricki

Name

• Apristurus garricki Sato, Stewart & Nakaya, 2013
  • ZooBank: AFA43B25-ADA0-41C1-B9AE-DA85F30A2D04

• Holotype: NMNZ P 027943.
• Paratypes (21): AIM MA73399; CSIRO H 7389-01; HUMZ 135335, 135336, 135337; MNHN 2012-0405; NMNZ P 010254, P 011430, P 020327, P 020386, P 024321, P 024487, P 026230, P 026231, P 027078, P 027103, P 027994, P 039344, P 040945; NMV A 30945-001; USNM 406762.

• Type locality: Hikurangi Trench off Hawke's Bay, North Island, 39°57.51'S, 170°10.88'E [1], 834-1109 m depth.

Etymology: Named in recognition of pioneer New Zealand shark taxonomist and biologist, Professor J. A. F. (Jack) Garrick, who has extensively researched the elasmobranchs of New Zealand, and was the first to recognize the genus from New Zealand waters.

References

Primary references

• Sato, K.; Stewart, A.L.; Nakaya, K. 2013: Apristurus garricki sp. nov., a new deep-water catshark from the northern New Zealand waters (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Marine biology research 9(8): 758-767. DOI: 10.1080/17451000.2013.765586 Reference page.  [first availability, see p. 760, and Figures 1-10, Tables I and II]

Vernacular names

English: Garrick’s Catshark

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