Specimen A 25164.4 Apristurus platyrhynchus (Tanaka, 1909)

• Collection Names

  NORFANZ Expedition Collection

• Taxon Name

  Apristurus platyrhynchus

• Author and date of publication

  (Tanaka, 1909)

• Preferred Common name

  Bigfin Catshark

• Other Common Names

  Apristurus sp B (of Last & Stevens, 1994)

• Date Identified

  04/11/2009

• Identified By

  Dr Laura Jordan - University of California at Los Angeles/MV volunteer

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Sex

  Unknown

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Spirit specimen, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: formalin 10%, Medium: ethanol 70%

• Expedition Name

  NORFANZ

• Collected By

  Dr Martin F. Gomon - Museums Victoria, NORFANZ team

• Collection Event Code

  TAN0308-121

• Sampling Method

  trawl, beam

• Date Visited From

  30/05/2003 9:32 PM

• Date Visited To

  30/05/2003 9:17 PM

• Depth To (m)

  1331

• Depth From (m)

  1345

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Ichthyology

• Collecting Areas

  Ichthyology

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Craniata

• Superclass

  Gnathostomata

• Class

  Chondrichthyes

• Subclass

  Elasmobranchii

• Order

  Carcharhiniformes

• Family

  Scyliorhinidae

• Genus

  Apristurus

• Species Name

  platyrhynchus