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Hexanchus Rafinesque, 1810

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia : con varie osservazioni sopra i medesimi. Sanfilippo. Palermo. 105 p.
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Elasmobranchii
order
Hexanchiformes
family
Hexanchidae
genus
Hexanchus

Name

Synonyms
Hexanchias Swainson, 1838
Hexancus Agassiz, 1846
Monopterhinus de Blainville, 1816
Monopterinus
Notidamus Münster, 1842
Notidanus Cuvier, 1816
Homonyms
Hexanchus Rafinesque, 1810
Common names
sixgill shark in English
sixgill sharks in English
カグラザメ属 in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
  2. Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1.
  3. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  4. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version.
  5. Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
  6. FishBase
  7. Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2022). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2022.
  8. Neave, S. A. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  9. Neave, S. A. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library].
  10. Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della Sicilia : con varie osservazioni sopra i medesimi. Sanfilippo. Palermo. 105 p.
  11. Rafinesque, C. S. (1810). Caratteri di alcuni nuovi generi e nuove specie di animali e piante della sicilia, con varie osservazioni sopra i medisimi. <em>Per le stampe di Sanfilippo: Palermo, Italy.</em> pp. 105, 20 fold. Pl.
  12. SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/.
  13. Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 363, 1-560.
  14. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  15. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
  16. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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