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Sphyrna mokarran (great hammerhead)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae

Taxonomy
Zygaena mokarran was named by Rüppell (1837). It is extant.

It was recombined as Sphyrna mokarran by Kocsis et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Zygaena mokarran Rüppell
2019Sphyrna mokarran Kocsis et al. p. 804 figs. 6G-N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
Euselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderGaleomorphiiCompagno 1973
orderCarcharhiniformesCompagno 1973
familySphyrnidaeGill 1872
genusSphyrnaRafinesque 1810
speciesmokarran(Rüppell 1837)

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.

Sphyrna mokarran Rüppell 1837 [great hammerhead]
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Diagnosis
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