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Ecology
Habitat
Depth range based on 12426 specimens in 36 taxa.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 9618 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): -9 - 50000
Temperature range (°C): 2.024 - 25.380
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.165 - 44.078
Salinity (PPS): 33.312 - 38.649
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.817 - 6.486
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.187 - 3.121
Silicate (umol/l): 0.000 - 142.203
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): -9 - 50000
Temperature range (°C): 2.024 - 25.380
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.165 - 44.078
Salinity (PPS): 33.312 - 38.649
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.817 - 6.486
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.187 - 3.121
Silicate (umol/l): 0.000 - 142.203
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
Water temperature and chemistry ranges based on 9618 samples.
Environmental ranges
Depth range (m): -9 - 50000
Temperature range (°C): 2.024 - 25.380
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.165 - 44.078
Salinity (PPS): 33.312 - 38.649
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.817 - 6.486
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.187 - 3.121
Silicate (umol/l): 0.000 - 142.203
Graphical representation
Depth range (m): -9 - 50000
Temperature range (°C): 2.024 - 25.380
Nitrate (umol/L): 1.165 - 44.078
Salinity (PPS): 33.312 - 38.649
Oxygen (ml/l): 0.817 - 6.486
Phosphate (umol/l): 0.187 - 3.121
Silicate (umol/l): 0.000 - 142.203
Note: this information has not been validated. Check this *note*. Your feedback is most welcome.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Etmopterus c.f. brachyurus
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 1
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 504 | Public Records: | 159 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 409 | Public Species: | 20 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 324 | Public BINs: | 16 |
| Species: | 33 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 26 | ||
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Barcode data
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Locations of barcode samples
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Wikipedia
Etmopterus
Velvet belly lanternshark (E. spinax)
Etmopterus, commonly known as lantern sharks, is a diverse genus of dogfish sharks in the family Etmopteridae. This genus has 36 described species.
Species
- Etmopterus baxteri (Garrick, 1957) (New Zealand lanternshark)
- Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993 (blurred lanternshark)
- Etmopterus brachyurus (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912) (short-tail lanternshark)
- Etmopterus bullisi (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1957) (lined lanternshark)
- Etmopterus burgessi Schaaf-Da Silva & Ebert, 2006[2]
- Etmopterus carteri (S. Springer & G. H. Burgess, 1985) (cylindrical lanternshark)
- Etmopterus caudistigmus Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 (tailspot lanternshark)
- Etmopterus compagnoi Fricke & I. Koch, 1990
- Etmopterus decacuspidatus (W. L. Y. Chan, 1966) (combtooth lanternshark)
- Etmopterus dianthus Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 (pink lanternshark)
- Etmopterus dislineatus Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002
- Etmopterus evansi Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 (blackmouth lanternshark)
- Etmopterus fusus Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 (pygmy lanternshark)
- Etmopterus gracilispinis (G. Krefft, 1968) (broadbanded lanternshark)
- Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) (southern lanternshark)
- Etmopterus hillianus (Poey, 1861) (Caribbean lanternshark)
- Etmopterus joungi Knuckey, Ebert & G. H. Burgess, 2011[3]
- Etmopterus litvinovi Parin & Kotlyar, 1990 (smalleye lantern shark)
- Etmopterus lucifer (D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902 (blackbelly lanternshark or lucifer shark)
- Etmopterus molleri (Whitley, 1939) (Moller's slendertail lanternshark)
- Etmopterus perryi (S. Springer & G. H. Burgess, 1985) (dwarf lanternshark)
- Etmopterus polli (Bigelow, Schroeder & S. Springer, 1953) (African lanternshark)
- Etmopterus princeps (Collett, 1904) (great lanternshark)
- Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus Last, G. H. Burgess & Séret, 2002 (false lanternshark)
- Etmopterus pusillus (R. T. Lowe, 1839) (smooth lanternshark)
- Etmopterus pycnolepis Kotlyar, 1990 (dense-scale lantern shark)
- Etmopterus robinsi Schofield & G. H. Burgess, 1997 (West Indian lanternshark)
- Etmopterus schultzi (Bigelow, Schroeder & S. Springer, 1953) (fringefin lanternshark)
- Etmopterus sculptus Ebert, Compagno & De Vries, 2011[4]
- Etmopterus sentosus (Bass, D'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976) (thorny lanternshark)
- Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758) (velvet belly lanternshark)
- Etmopterus splendidus Yano, 1988 (splendid lanternshark)
- Etmopterus tasmaniensis Myagkov & N. A. Pavlov, 1986 (Tasmanian lanternshark)
- Etmopterus unicolor (Engelhardt, 1912) (brown lanternshark)
- Etmopterus viator Straube, 2011[5]
- Etmopterus villosus (C. H. Gilbert, 1905) (Hawaiian lanternshark)
- Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder & S. Springer, 1953 (green lanternshark)
See also
References
- ^ Adnet, S. and H. Cappetta (2001). "A palaeontological and phylogenetical analysis of squaliform sharks (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes) based on dental characters". Lethaia 34 (3): 234–248. doi:10.1080/002411601316981188.
- ^ Silva & Ebert (2006). "Etmopterus burgessi sp. nov., a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Taiwan". Zootaxa 1373: 53–64.
- ^ Knuckey, J.D.S., Ebert, D.A. & Burgess, G.H. (2011): Etmopterus joungi n. sp., a new species of lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from Taiwan. aqua, 17 (2): 61-72.
- ^ Ebert, D.A., Compagno, L.J.V. & De Vries, M.J. (2011): A New Lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae: Etmopterus) from Southern Africa. Copeia, 2011 (3): 379-384.
- ^ Straube, N., Duhamel, G., Gasco, N., Kriwet, J. & Schliewen, U. (2011): Description of a new deep-sea lantern shark, Etmopterus viator n. sp. (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the southern hemisphere. In: Duhamel, G. & Welsford, D. (eds). (2011): The Kerguelen Plateau, Marine Ecosystem and Fisheries. Société Française d´Ichtyologie: 137-150.
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