Lana's sawshark | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Pristiophoriformes |
Family: | Pristiophoridae |
Genus: | Pristiophorus |
Species: | P. lanae |
Binomial name | |
Pristiophorus lanae Ebert & Wilms, 2013 | |
Range of Lana's sawshark |
Lana's sawshark (Pristiophorus lanae) or the Philippine sawshark, is a sawshark of the family Pristiophoridae, found in the Philippines off Apo Island and southern Luzon at depths of between 230 and 590 m. Its length is up to 73 cm.
Max length : 66.9 cm TL male/unsexed, 83.0 cm TL (female)
Its reproduction is presumed to be ovoviviparous.
References
- Ebert, David A.; Wilms, Hana A. (2013). "Pristiophorus lanae sp. nov., a new sawshark species from the Western North Pacific, with comments on the genus Pristiophorus Müller & Henle, 1837 (Chondrichthyes: Pristiophoridae)". Zootaxa. 3752 (1): 86–100. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.7. PMID 25229110.
- Compagno, Dando, & Fowler, Sharks of the World, Princeton University Press, New Jersey 2005 ISBN 0-691-12072-2
Taxon identifiers | |
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Pristiophorus lanae |
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