Apristurus Garman, 1913

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, Zootaxa 4947 (1), pp. 1-127 : 45

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:7F3B4794-65CF-4691-A330-78A423F2606F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4687894

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/039287A1-9545-FFA2-CFF7-5C3BFACE2745

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scientific name

Apristurus Garman, 1913
status

 

Genus Apristurus Garman, 1913 View in CoL View at ENA

Demon Catsharks

Apristurus Garman, 1913: 96 View in CoL . Type species: Scyliorhinus indicus Brauer, 1906 . Type by original designation.

Remarks: The genus Apristurus has a complicated taxonomic history in South Africa, with two locally described species ( A. microps and A. saldanha ), but also may include another two or three unidentified species. These unidentified species along with additional material recently collected is presently being investigated to revise the southern Africa genus Apristurus (D.A. Ebert & J.A. Cordova, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, unpubl. data).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Elasmobranchii

Order

Carcharhiniformes

Family

Scyliorhinidae

Loc

Apristurus Garman, 1913

Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M. 2021
2021
Loc

Apristurus

Garman, S. 1913: 96
1913
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