Etmopterus lailae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Squaliformes

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: Squalomorphii Ordo: Squaliformes

Familia: Etmopteridae
Genus: Etmopterus
Species: Etmopterus lailae

Name

• Etmopterus lailae Ebert, Papastamatiou, Kajiura & Wetherbee, 2017: 372

Holotype: BPBM 40183, 368 mm TL, immature ♂.

Type locality: “R/V Townsend Cromwell cruise 8805, leg 2, station 216, Koko Seamount, 35° 16.48´N 171° 17.13´E to 35° 16.55´N 171° 17.20´E, 314–358 m.”

References

Primary references

• Ebert, D.A., Papastamatiou, Y., Kajiura, S.M. & Wetherbee, B.M. 2017. Etmopterus lailae sp. nov., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Zootaxa 4237(2): 371–382. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4237.2.10. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Laila’s Lanternshark