Bythaelurus stewarti

Bythaelurus stewarti

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 stewarti

Name

• Bythaelurus stewarti Weigmann, Kaschner & Thiel, 2018: 4

Holotype: ZMH 26251, adult ♂, 435 mm TL fresh, 425 mm TL 70% ethanol preserved, collected on 14 January 1989.

Type locality: “RV ‘Vityaz’, cruise 17, station 2825, Error Seamount (Mount Error Guyot), 10°19’30” N, 56°08’48” E– 10°18’54” N, 56°06’42” E, 395–420 m depth”.

References

Primary references

• Weigmann, S., Kashner, C.J. & Thiel, R. 2018. A New Microendemic Species of the Deep-water Catshark Genus Bythaelurus (Carcharhiniformes, Pentanchidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean, with Investigations of Its Feeding Ecology, Generic Review and Identification Key. PLoS ONE 13(12): e0207887. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207887 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Error Seamount Catshark