Pseudotriakidae
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| Pseudotriakidae | |
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| File:Pseudotriakis acrales by jordan and snyder.jpg | |
| False catshark (Pseudotriakis microdon) | |
| File:Gollum attenuatus (Slender smooth-hound).gif | |
| Slender smooth-hound (Gollum attenuatus) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Suborder: | Carcharhinoidei |
| Family: | Pseudotriakidae T. N. Gill, 1893 |
| Genera[1] | |
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The Pseudotriakidae are a small family of ground sharks, belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes, containing the false catsharks (genera Pseudotriakis and Planonasus) and gollumsharks (genus Gollum). It contains the only ground shark species that exhibit intrauterine oophagy, in which developing fetuses are nourished by eggs produced by their mother.[1]
Genera
[edit | edit source]The Pseudotriakidae contains the following genera:[2]
- Félix António de Brito Capelo, 1868 Compagno, 1973
- Planonasus Gollum
- Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2013 Pseudotriakis
Undescribed species
[edit | edit source]One undescribed species is known - one in the genus Gollum, (Gollum sp. B) - the white-marked gollumshark.[3][4]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Pseudotriakidae.
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- ^ Weigmann, S., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2013): Planonasus parini n. g. and n. sp., a new genus and species of false cat sharks (Carchariniformes, Pseudotriakidae) from the deep northwestern Indian Ocean off Socotra Islands. Zootaxa, 3609 (2): 163–181.
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