Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Almindelig cookiecutterhaj
Common Names in Dutch:
Koekjessnijder
Common Names in English:
Cigar shark, Cookie cutter shark, Cookie-cutter shark, cookiecutter shark, Luminous shark
Common Names in Finnish:
Brasilianvalohai
Common Names in French:
Squalelet féroce
Common Names in German:
Kleiner Leuchthai
Common Names in Japanese:
Darumazame
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
巴西达摩鲨, 巴西達摩鯊, 雪茄鮫, 雪茄鲛
Common Names in Portuguese:
Cação luminoso, Cação luminosos
Common Names in Spanish:
tiburón cigarro, tiburón cigarro, Tiburón puro, Tollo cigarro
Common Names in Tahitian:
Ma'o ava ava
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
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)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
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)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
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)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Ecdysozoa
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)
- A.M.A. Aguinaldo et al., 1997 ex T. Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Superphylum:
Panarthropoda
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)
- Cuvier
- Phylum:
Arthropoda
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)
- Latreille, 1829
- Arthropods
- Subphylum:
Mandibulata
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)
- Snodgrass, 1938
- Infraphylum:
Atelocerata
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)
- Heymons, 1901
- Superclass:
Panhexapoda
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)
- Epiclass:
Hexapoda
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)
- Class:
Insecta
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Insects
- Subclass:
Dicondylia
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)
- Infraclass:
Pterygota
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)
- Order:
Coleoptera
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)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Polyphaga
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)
- Emery, 1886
- a genus of Blister Beetles (Meloidae)
- Infraorder:
Cucujiformia
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)
- Superfamily:
Cucujoidea
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)
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- Family:
Coccinellidae
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)
- Subfamily:
Coccinellinae
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)
- Subfamily:
Coccinellinae
(
- Family:
Coccinellidae
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- 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
Isistius brasiliensis (Quoy and Gaimard, 1824)
Similar Species
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)
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Further Reading
- ... The genera of fishes. .. A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature. By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif., The University, 1917-1920. url p. 331.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. 185 1957 Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 1423.
- Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 117 1957 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 124.
- Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum / by Albert Gu?nther. .. [Tokyo?]: Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai, Sho?wa 13 [1938]. url p. 429.
- Fishes of the western North Atlantic. Editorial board: editor-in-chief John Tee-Van [and others] New Haven, Sears Foundation for Marine Research, Yale Univ., 1948- url p. 508, p. 513.
- List of the specimens of fish in the collection of the British Museum. LondonPrinted by order of the Trustees1851 url p. 76.
- Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass. Cambridge [Mass.]: The Museum, 1876-1940. url p. 40.
- Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia url p. 264.
- Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 483.
- The Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo, Japan = Tokyo Teikoku Daigaku kiyo. Rika. Tokyo, Japan: The University, 1898-1925. url p. 484.
- 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. 238.
- The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. .. by Dr. Max Weber. .. and Dr. L.F. de Beaufort. Leiden, E.J. Brill, Ltd., 1911- url p. 357.
- The genera of fishes. ..: A contribution to the stability of scientific nomenclature / By David Starr Jordan. Stanford University, Calif.: The University, 1917-1920. url p. 331.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 170993
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 4154687
