Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810a

White, William T. & Ko’Ou, Alfred, 2018, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of Papua New Guinea, Zootaxa 4411 (1), pp. 1-82 : 24-25

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4411.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:255EE06E-3171-41F3-BB3D-E7D29537A292

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5983015

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scientific name

Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810a
status

 

Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810a

Grey Nurse Shark

Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810a: 10 , pl. 14, fig. 1. Holotype unknown. Type locality: Sicily, Mediterranean Sea.

Local synonymy: White et al., 2018: 92, figs (PNG).

PNG voucher material: None.

Remarks: Confirmed from PNG based on an underwater photograph taken by Bob Halstead in 60 m off Milne Bay ( White et al., 2018).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Chondrichthyes

Order

Carcharhiniformes

Family

Carcharhinidae

Genus

Carcharias