Biology:Banded sand catshark
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Short description: Species of shark
| Banded sand catshark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
| Genus: | Atelomycterus |
| Species: | A. fasciatus
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| Atelomycterus fasciatus Compagno & Stevens, 1993
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The banded sand catshark (Atelomycterus fasciatus) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae found in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, endemic to northern Australia between latitudes 10° S and 21° S, at depths between 27 and 120 metres (89 and 394 ft). Its length is up to 45 centimetres (18 in). They were the first sharks to be discovered living in sponges.[2]
References
- ↑ White, W.T. (2015). "Atelomycterus fasciatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2015: e.T41728A68609954. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T41728A68609954.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41728/68609954. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ↑ Incorvaia, Darren (2023-09-14). "SpongeBob Lives in a Pineapple. These Sharks Live in Sponges." (in en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/14/science/sponges-sharks.html.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Atelomycterus fasciatus" in FishBase. may 2006 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q1951770 entry
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