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Heterodontus portujacksoni (Port Jackson shark)

Platysomiformes - Coccocephalichthyidae

Taxonomy
Squalus portujacksoni was named by Meyer (1793). It is extant.

It was recombined as Heterodontus portujacksoni by Kriwet et al. (2009), Pledge et al. (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1793Squalus portujacksoni Meyer
2009Heterodontus portujacksoni Kriwet et al. p. 320
2015Heterodontus portujacksoni Pledge et al. p. 70

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
infraclassChondrosteiMüller 1844
familyCoccocephalichthyidaeFowler 1951
orderPlatysomiformes
orderDorypteriformes
orderElonichthyiformesKazantseva-Selezneva 1977
orderEurynotoidiformesMinikh and Minikh 1990
HalecostomiRegan 1903
familyHaplolepidaeWestoll 1944
orderHeteromi
familyHowqualepididae
RankNameAuthor
familyIrajapintoseidaeBeltan 1990
familyMimiidaeGardiner 1993
superorderXenacanthimorpha
subclassEuselachii()
familyListracanthidae
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
familyAgaleidae
familyAnachronistidae
familyLugalepididaeKaratajute-Talimaa 1997
familyOstenoselachidae
familyMcmurdodontidaeWhite 1968
superorderGaleomorphi
orderHeterodontiformesBerg 1940
familyHeterodontidaeGray 1851
genusHeterodontus
speciesportujacksoniRusconi 1948

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.

Heterodontus portujacksoni Meyer 1793 [Port Jackson shark]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Created: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Modified: 2017-04-17 15:11:50
Source: subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available