Interesting Facts
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Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Pygmæhaj
Common Names in Dutch:
Dwerghaai
Common Names in English:
pygmy shark
Common Names in French:
Squale pygmée
Common Names in German:
Zwerghai
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
白边小鳍鲨, 白邊小鰭鯊
Common Names in Spanish:
tiburón pigmeo, tiburón pigmeo, Tollo pigmeo
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
()
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
()
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
()
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
()
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
()
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
()
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
()
- Class:
Insecta
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
()
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
()
- Order:
Coleoptera
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
()
- Emery, 1886
- a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Infraorder:
Cucujiformia
()
- Superfamily:
Cucujoidea
()
-
- Family:
Coccinellidae
()
- Subfamily:
Coccinellinae
()
- Subfamily:
Coccinellinae
(
- Family:
Coccinellidae
(
- Superfamily:
Cucujoidea
(
- Infraorder:
Cucujiformia
(
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
(
- Order:
Coleoptera
(
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
(
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
(
- Class:
Insecta
(
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
(
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
(
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
(
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
(
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
(
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Euprotomicrus bispinatus (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Scymnus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. bispinatus (Pygmy Shark) · S. brasiliensis (Cookie-Cutter Shark) · S. camptodromus (Ladybird Beetle) · S. loewii (Loew's Scymnus Lady Beetle) · S. ningshanensis (Ladybird Beetle) · S. rostratus (Little Sleeper Shark) · S. sinuanodulus (Ladybird Beetle) · S. suturalis (Ladybird Beetle)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- List of the specimens of fish in the collection of the British Museum. LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1851 url p. 77.
- Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge [Mass.]: The Museum, 1876-1940. url p. 235.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. url p. 656.
- Records of the Canterbury Museum. Christchurch, N.Z., Canterbury Museum Trust Board. url p. 316.
- The Plagiostomia: Sharks, skates, and rays / by Samuel Garman; with seventy-seven plates. 36 1913 Cambridge, U.S.A.: Printed for the Museum, 1913. url p. 235.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 170992
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4007734
