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Etmopterus spinax

Chondrichthyes - Etmopteridae

Taxonomy
Squalus spinax was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. It is the type species of Etmopterus.

It was recombined as Etmopterus spinax by Underwood and Schlogl (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Squalus spinax Linnaeus
1810Etmopterus aculeatus Rafinesque
2013Etmopterus spinax Underwood and Schlogl p. 496

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
Selachii
superorderSqualimorphi
SqualidaNelson et al. 2016
Squaliformes(Goodrich 1909)
familyEtmopteridaeFowler 1941
genusEtmopterusRafinesque 1810
speciesspinax(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Etmopterus spinax Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Etmopterus aculeatus Rafinesque 1810 [synonym]
Diagnosis
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