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Hexanchus vitulus

sixgill shark·Springer & Waller, 1969

GBIF:155387456

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PROFILE

Species Profile

Habitat

Marine

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(3)

Madagascar

Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone(KE)

Aldabra Islands(SC)

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions.

sixgill sharkeng

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide.

sixgill shark

eng

Source: Bermuda Biodiversity Database

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

BiotaAnimaliaChordataVertebrataGnathostomataChondrichthyesElasmobranchiiNeoselachiiSelachiiSqualomorphiHexanchiformesHexanchidaeHexanchusHexanchus vitulus

DOM

Biota868,823

Animalia624,570

Chordata52,812

SUB

Vertebrata49,207

INF

Gnathostomata49,030

Chondrichthyes1,702

Elasmobranchii1,631

SUB

Neoselachii1,630

INF

Selachii740

SUP

Hexanchus vitulus

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (39 nucleotides; 60 proteins)

NCBI:txid303931

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(1)

Daly-Engel, T. S.; Baremore, I. E.; Grubbs, R. D.; Gulak, S. J. B.; Graham, R. T.; Enzenauer, M. P. (2018). Resurrection of the sixgill shark Hexanchus vitulus Springer & Waller, 1969 (Hexanchiformes, Hexanchidae), with comments on its distribution in the northwest Atlantic Ocean. <em>Marine Biodiversity.</em>

status sourceDOI: 10.1007/s12526-018-0849-x