Velvet catshark | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Parmaturus |
Species: | P. lanatus
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Binomial name | |
Parmaturus lanatus |
The velvet catshark (Parmaturus lanatus) is a deepwater catshark. It is known only from a single specimen collected off the Tanimbar Islands in the Arafura Sea, Indonesia, at a depth of 840 to 855 metres (2,756 to 2,805 ft). The only known specimen, a juvenile male, measured a total of 36 centimetres (14 in) in length.
The shark is found in the Western Pacific. It has a depth range of 840 to 855 metres (2,756 to 2,805 ft), making it bathydemersal.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Dulvy, N. K.; Bineesh, K. K.; Cheok, J.; Dharmadi; Sherman, C. S. (2020). "Parmaturus lanatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T161450A124487481. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T161450A124487481.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ "Parmaturus lamatus, Velvet catshark". FishBase. Retrieved 5 August 2015.