Carcharias
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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Chordata Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Selachimorpha
Ordo: Lamniformes
Familia: Odontaspididae
Genus: Carcharias
Species: C. taurus - C. tricuspidatus
[edit] Name
Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810: 10
Type species: Carcharias taurus ♂ Rafinesque, 1810. Type by monotypy.
[edit] Synonyms
- Eugomphodus Gill, 1861: 60
- Triglochis Müller & Henle, 1837: 113
[edit] Reference
- Rafinesque, C.S. 1810: Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. (Part 1 involves fishes, pp. [i-iv] 3-69, Part 2 with slightly different title, pp. ia-iva + 71-105). Pls. 1-20.
- Compagno, L.J.V. 2003: Sharks (Pp. 357-505). In: Carpenter 2003. The living marine resources of the Western Central Atlantic. 1.
- Carcharias Report on ITIS
[edit] Vernacular names
English: Sand sharks, sand tigers
