Hexanchus vitulus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hexanchiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Squalomorphii Ordo: Hexanchiformes

Familia: Hexanchidae
Genus: Hexanchus
Species: †H. vitulus

Name

Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969

References

Primary references

• Springer, S. & Waller, R.A. 1969. Hexanchus vitulus, a new sixgill shark from the Bahamas. Bulletin of marine science 19(1): 159–174. Ingenta Connect Reference page. 

Additional references

• Daly-Engel, T.S., Baremore, I.E., Grubbs, R.D., Gulak, S.J.B., Graham, R.T. & Enzenauer, M.P. 2019. Resurrection of the sixgill shark Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969 (Hexanchiformes, Hexanchidae), with comments on its distribution in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. Marine Biodiversity 49(2): 759–768. DOI: 10.1007/s12526-018-0849-x