Pnigeacanthus St John and Worthen 1883 (chimaera)

Chondrichthyes - Petalodontiformes - Janassidae

Parent taxon: Janassidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Cholodinae, Ctenopetalus, Cymatodus, Dactylodus, Fissodus, Gamphacanthus, Gomphacanthus, Janassinae, Petalodopsis, Phoderacanthus, Platacanthus, Pristicladodus, Stichacanthus, Thoracodus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pnigeacanthus in the database

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