Pliotrema kajae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pristiophoriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota 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: Squalomorphii Ordo: Pristiophoriformes

Familia: Pristiophoridae
Genus: Pliotrema
Species: Pliotrema kajae

Name

Pliotrema kajae Weigmann, Gon, Leeney & Temple in Weigmann et al., 2020: 5

• Holotype: MNHN-IC-1987-1266, juvenile ♀, 560 mm TL, collected by R. Cléva during Campagne Mascareignes III in December 1985.
• Type locality: “off Tulear (Madagascar) 23º9’58.8”S 43º31’1.2”E, 320 m depth”.

References

Primary references

• Weigmann, S., Gon, O., Leeney, R.H., Barrowclift, E., Berggren, P., Jiddawi, N. & Temple, A.J. 2020. Revision of the sixgill sawsharks, genus Pliotrema (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of P. warreni Regan. PLoS ONE 15(3): e0228791. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228791 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Kaja’s Sixgill Sawshark