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Sphyrna zygaena (smooth hammerhead)

Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Squalus zygaena Linnaeus
1902Sphyrna zygaena Hay p. 314
1927Cestracion zygaena Arambourg p. 232
1974Sphyrna zygaena Uyeno and Matsushima p. 60 figs. Pl 23, figs 1,2
1978Sphyrna zygaena Antunes p. 72 figs. Pl 3, figs 89-94
1981Sphyrna zygaena Antunes et al. p. 19 figs. Pl 3, figs 6,10,16,21
1981Sphyrna zygaena Case p. 66
1997Sphyrna zygaena Li p. 121 figs. 6M-P
2001Sphyrna zygaena Purdy et al. p. 159
2007Sphyrna zygaena Kocsis p. 38
2009Sphyrna zygaena Cicimurri and Knight p. 635
2011Sphyrna zygaena Ralte et al. p. 344 figs. Pl 3, fig 11
2015Sphyrna zygaena Carrillo-Briceño et al. p. 12 figs. 5S-V
2017Sphyrna zygaena Landini et al. p. 180 figs. 4U-X
2019Sphyrna zygaena Kocsis et al. p. 805 fig. 6O
2019Sphyrna zygaena Landini et al. p. 361
2025Sphyrna zygaena Maisch IV et al. p. 35

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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
specieszygaena()

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 zygaena Linnaeus 1758 [smooth hammerhead]
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