Apristurus ovicorrugatus
| Apristurus ovicorrugatus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Family: | Pentanchidae |
| Genus: | Apristurus |
| Species: | A. ovicorrugatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Apristurus ovicorrugatus White, O'Neill, Devloo-Delva, Nakaya & Iglésias, 2023
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The ridged-egg catshark (Apristurus ovicorrugatus)[1] is a species of shark belonging to the family Pentanchidae, the deepwater catsharks. This shark is found in the 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
[edit]- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Apristurus ovicorrugatus". FishBase. June 2024 version.
- ^ a b c White, William T.; O'Neill, Helen L.; Devloo-Delva, Floriaan; Nakaya, Kazuhiro; Iglésias, Samuel P. (May 9, 2023). "What came first, the shark or the egg? Discovery of a new species of deepwater shark by investigation of egg case morphology". Journal of Fish Biology. 103 (1): 73–90. Bibcode:2023JFBio.103...73W. doi:10.1111/jfb.15415. PMID 37088957. S2CID 258300900.
- ^ "Demon catshark species identified thanks to weird mystery eggs". New Scientist.
- ^ Dowling, Stephen. "The new shark species emerging from the deep". BBC. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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