Specimen R 13303 Sphyrna zygaena (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Taxon Name

  Sphyrna zygaena

• Author and date of publication

  (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Preferred Common name

  Smooth Hammerhead

• 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: unknown, Medium: ethanol 70%

• 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

  Sphyrnidae

• Genus

  Sphyrna

• Species Name

  zygaena