Pliotrema annae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pristiophoriformes

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: Pristiophoriformes

Familia: Pristiophoridae
Genus: Pliotrema
Species: Pliotrema annae

Name

Pliotrema annae Weigmann, Gon, Leeney & Temple in Weigmann et al., 2020: 19

• Holotype: ZMH 26361, presumably adult ♀, 981 mm TL, collected by E. Barrowclift, A.J. Temple and P. Berggren on 7 March 2019.
• Type locality: “on or near Kobela Reef (~6°29’35”S 39°22’21”E) in Menai Bay, Unguja Island, Zanzibar, in a demersal longline at ~20–25 m”.

References

Primary references

• Weigmann, S., Gon, O., Leeney, R.H., Barrowclift, E., Berggren, P., Jiddawi, N. & Temple, A.J. 2020. Revision of the sixgill sawsharks, genus Pliotrema (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of P. warreni Regan. PLoS ONE 15(3): e0228791. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228791 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Anna’s Sixgill Sawshark