Rhincodon typus

Taxonavigation

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

Rhincodon typus Smith, 1828: 2

Holotypus: MNHN 0000-9855 (stuffed, mounted).

Typuslokalität: Table Bay, South Africa [southeastern Atlantic].

Smith, A. 1828. Descriptions of new or imperfectly known objects of the animal kingdom, found in the South of Africa [no.2]. South African Commercial Advertiser 3(145): 2, column 2. Full text (PDF) Seite dieser Quellenangabe.
de la Parra Venegas, R. , R. Hueter, J. González Cano, J. Tyminski, J. Gregorio Remolina, M. Maslanka, A. Ormos, L. Weigt, B. Carlson & A. Dove. 2011: An unprecedented aggregation of whale sharks Rhincodon typus, in Mexican coastal waters of the Caribbean Sea. PLoS ONE, 6(4): 1–12.
IUCN: Rhincodon typus (Vulnerable)