- Etmopterus burgessi
Taxobox
name = "Etmopterus burgessi"
status =
trend =
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Chondrichthyes
subclassis =Elasmobranchii
ordo =Squaliformes
familia =Dalatiidae
genus =Etmopterus
species = "E. burgessi"
binomial = "Etmopterus burgessi"
binomial_authority ="Etmopterus burgessi" is a newly described lanternshark of the family
Dalatiidae in the orderSqualiformes . It is found only aroundTaiwan .Its status as a separate species relies on variations of characters, such as snout width, flank and caudal markings, and placement of dermal denticles, from other "Etmopterus" species.
It is named after George H. Burgess from the
Florida Museum of Natural History .Its binomial authority, once confirmed, will be 'Schaaf-DaSilva and Ebert'.
ee also
*
List of sharks External links
* [http://ichthy.mlml.calstate.edu/schaaf-dasilva.htm/ A Revision of the North Pacific swell sharks (Scyliorhinidae: Cephaloscyllium) with comments on zoogeography, Jayna Schaaf-DaSilva]
* [http://ecomorphology.mlml.calstate.edu/systematics.html/ Systematics (Advanced Topics in Marine Ecology) - Fall 2005; Instructors: David A. Ebert, Lara Ferry-Graham]
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