Elongate carpet shark
| Elongate carpet shark | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Orectolobiformes |
| Family: | Parascylliidae |
| Genus: | Parascyllium |
| Species: | P. elongatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Parascyllium elongatum Last & Stevens, 2008 | |
The elongate carpet shark (Parascyllium elongatum) is a species of carpet shark in the family Parascylliidae. It is known only from a single female specimen 42.1 cm (16.6 in) long, recovered from the stomach of a school shark (Galeorhinus galeus) caught from a depth of 50 m (160 ft) off Chatham Island, Western Australia. It was described by P.R. Last and J.D. Stevens in 2008.[1]
References
- ↑ Last, P.R., and J.D. Stevens, 2008 [ref. 29676] Parascyllium elongatum sp. nov., a new collared carpetshark (Orectolobiformes: Parascylliidae) from southwestern Australia. In: Descriptions of new Australian Chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 35-38.