Interesting Facts
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Class:
Chondrichthyes
()
- Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
()
- Infraclass:
Euselachii
()
- Cohort:
Neoselachii
()
- Order:
Lamniformes
()
- Family:
Odontaspididae
()
- Müller & Henle, 1839
- Genus:
Carcharias
()
- Rafinesque, 1810
- Specific name:
acutissima
- Scientific name: - Carcharias acutissima
- Specific name:
acutissima
- Genus:
Carcharias
(
- Family:
Odontaspididae
(
- Order:
Lamniformes
(
- Cohort:
Neoselachii
(
- Infraclass:
Euselachii
(
- Subclass:
Elasmobranchii
(
- Class:
Chondrichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Carcharias
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 29 species and subspecies in this genus:
C. acutidens (Indo-Pacific Lemon Shark) · C. acutus (Walbeehm's Sharp-Nosed Shark) · C. albimarginatus (Silver-Tip Shark) · C. amblyrhynchos (Shortnose Blacktail Shark) · C. amboinensis (Ambon Sharpnose Puffer) · C. brevipinna (Large Blacktip Shark) · C. dussumieri (White-Cheeked Whaler Shark) · C. falciformis (Sickle-Shaped Shark) · C. galapagensis (Galapagos Shark) · C. gangeticus (Long-Tailed Shark) · C. glyphis (Speartooth Shark) · C. hemiodon (Pondicherry Shark) · C. isodon (Smoothtooth Shark) · C. japonicus (Crocodile Shark) · C. lalandii (Brazilian Sharpnose Shark) · C. leucas (Requin Bouledogue) · C. limbatus (Small Black Tipped Shark) · C. longurio (Pacific Sharp-Nosed Shark) · C. macloti (Hardnose Shark) · C. melanopterus (Black Fin Reef Shark) · C. nesiotes (Bigeye Sand Tiger Shark) · C. obesus (White-Tip Reef Shark) · C. oxyrhynchus (Daggernose Shark) · C. porosus (Small-Tailed Shark) · C. sealei (Black-Spot Shark) · C. sorrah (Spot-Tail Whaler) · C. taurus (Sand Tiger) · C. temminckii (Broadfin Shark) · C. tricuspidatus (Blue Nurse Sand-Tiger)
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Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 13, 2007:
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB, Paleobiology Database
Identifiers
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 16357661
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2546391
