Apristurus yangi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Carcharhiniformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Galeomorphii Ordo: Carcharhiniformes

Familia: Pentanchidae
Genus: Apristurus
Species: Apristurus yangi

Name

• Apristurus yangi White, Mana & Naylor, 2017: 26

Holotype: ASIZ P0080718, adult ♀, 437 mm TL.

Type locality: “Vitiaz Strait, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, 06°02.030'S, 147°37.490'E, depth 700-701 meters.”

References

Primary references

• White, W.T., Mana, R.R. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2017. Description of a new species of deepwater catshark Apristurus yangi n.sp (Carcharhiniformes: Pentanchidae) from Papua New Guinea. Zootaxa 4320(1): 25–40. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4320.1.2. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Yang’s Longnose Catshark