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Echinorhinus spinosus

Chondrichthyes - Echinorhiniformes - Echinorhinidae

Taxonomy
Squalus spinosus was named by Gmelin (1789). It is the type species of Echinorhinus.

It was recombined as Echinorhinus spinosus by Hay (1902).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Squalus spinosus Gmelin
1902Echinorhinus spinosus Hay p. 315

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuselachii()
infraclassElasmobranchii(Bonaparte 1838)
superorderSqualomorphi(Compagno 1973)
orderEchinorhiniformes
familyEchinorhinidae
genusEchinorhinus
speciesspinosus(Gmelin 1789)

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.

Echinorhinus spinosus Gmelin 1789
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:01:36
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:01:36
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023
Collections
No collection or age range data are available