Galeus corriganae

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: Galeus
Species: Galeus corriganae

Name

• Galeus corriganae White, Mana & Naylor, 2016: 256

Holotype: NTUM 10171, juvenile ♂, 306 mm TL.

Type locality: “west of Sek Island, Madang, Papua New Guinea, 05°04' S, 145°51' E, 582–587 m depth.”

References

Primary references

• White, W.T., Mana, R.R. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2016. Galeus corriganae sp. nov., a new species of deepwater catshark (Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4205(3): 255–264. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.3.5. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Corrigan’s Catshark