Biology:Apristurus ovicorrugatus

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Short description: Species of shark

Apristurus ovicorrugatus
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Carcharhiniformes
Family: Scyliorhinidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species:
A. ovicorrugatus
Binomial name
Apristurus ovicorrugatus
White, O'Neill, Devloo-Delva, Nakaya & Iglésias, 2023

The ridged-egg catshark (Apristurus ovicorrugatus)[1] is a species of catshark native to deep waters off northwestern Australia .[2][3] The species name refers to the ridges on the egg case. Egg cases belonging to this species had been documented as early as the 1980s, but could not be matched to any species of Australian shark until scientists examined a shark specimen of previously uncertain identity in the CSIRO collection.[2][4] The holotype is a gravid female collected northwest of the Dampier Archipelago, Western Australia, in 1992.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q118520687 entry