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Carcharodon carcharias (great white shark)

Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Squalus carcharias Linnaeus
1835Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz p. 33 figs. Pl 30a, figs 3-7
1838Carcharias productus Agassiz figs. Pl 30, figs 2-8
1839Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz figs. Pl 30a, figs 3-7
1841Carcharodon rondeleti Muller and Henle
1843Carcharodon productus Agassiz figs. Pl Q, figs 1,2
1843Carcharodon sulcidens Agassiz p. 254
1847Carcharodon sulcidens Gibbes p. 147
1876Carcharodon caifassi Lawley p. 23
1881Carcharodon etruscus Lawley p. 17
1889Carcharodon rondeleti Woodward p. 420
1902Carcharodon carcharias Hay p. 307
1904Carcharias (Scoliodon) carcharias Eastman p. 25
1918Carcharodon rondeletii Chapman p. 20
1922Carcharodon carcharias Jordan p. 340
1924Carcharodon carcharias Chapman and Cudmore p. 135
1926Carcharodon rondeleti Leriche p. 422
1942Carcharodon rondeleti Leriche p. 77
1968Carcharodon carcharias Fitch p. 5
1970Carcharodon carcharias Fitch p. 12
1978Carcharodon carcharias Antunes p. 64 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-10; pl 2, figs 1,2
1982Carcharodon sulcidens Deméré and Cerutti p. 1480 fig. 1D
1996Carcharodon carcharias Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena p. 32
1996Carcharodon carcharias Mora Morote p. 101 figs. Pl 2, figs 1-6
1998Carcharodon carcharias Yabe and Hirayama p. 41
2001Carcharodon carcharias Purdy et al. p. 137
2009Carcharodon carcharias Adnet et al. p. 10
2010Carcharodon carcharias Antunes and Balbino p. 3 fig. 1
2010Carcharodon carcharias Cusumano and Di Patti p. 359 figs. 4--6
2011Carcharodon carcharias Boessenecker p. 12 figs. 3.7, 3.8, 3.12-3.22, 4.1-4.10
2011Carcharodon carcharias Ralte et al. p. 332 figs. Pl 1, figs 3-5,9
2015Carcharodon carcharias Bor and Peters p. 63 figs. 5a-f
2018Carcharodon carcharias Kent p. 76
2025Carcharodon carcharias Baldanza et al. p. 15 fig. 8L,M
2025Carcharodon carcharias Maisch IV et al. p. 17
2025Carcharodon carcharias Rondelli p. 92 fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
—Euselachii()
—NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderLamniformesBerg 1958
familyLamnidaeMüller and Henle 1838
genusCarcharodonSmith 1838
speciescarcharias()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Carcharodon carcharias Linnaeus 1758 [great white shark]
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Invalid names: Carcharias productus Agassiz 1838 [synonym], Carcharias sulcidens Agassiz 1835 [synonym], Carcharodon caifassi Lawley 1876 [synonym], Carcharodon etruscus Lawley 1881 [synonym], Carcharodon rondeleti Muller and Henle 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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