Mitsukurina owstoni

Mitsukurina owstoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lamniformes

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: Lamniformes

Familia: Mitsukurinidae
Genus: Mitsukurina
Species: Mitsukurina owstoni

Name

Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898

• Etymology: ownstoni: named after Alan Owston, English naturalist.

References

• Duffy, C. A. J. (1997). Further records of the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni (Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae), from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 24: 167–171.

Links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20060927221144/http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Chondrichthyes/Elasmobranchii/Lamniformes/Mitsukurinidae.htm
• Video of living individual

Vernacular names

العربية: القرش العفريت
беларуская: Акула-дамавік
català: Tauró follet
Deutsch: Koboldhai
English: Goblin Shark
français: Requin lutin
magyar: Koboldcápa
русский: Акула-домовой
slovenčina: Žralok Owstonov
தமிழ்: பேய்ச்சுறா
ไทย: ปลาฉลามปีศาจ

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