The white-clasper catshark (Parmaturus albipenis) is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks, known only from a single specimen collected from northern New Caledonia at a depth of 688–732 m. The only known specimen, an adult male, measured a total of 41.5 cm (16.3 in) in length.[1]
White-clasper catshark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Pentanchidae |
Genus: | Parmaturus |
Species: | P. albipenis
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Binomial name | |
Parmaturus albipenis |
References
edit- ^ a b Finucci, B.; Kyne, P.M.; Valenti, S.V. (2018). "Parmaturus albipenis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T161726A116740015. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T161726A116740015.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.