Mitsukurinidae
Mitsukurinidae is a family of sharks with one living genus, Mitsukurina, and four fossil genera: Anomotodon, Protoscapanorhynchus, Scapanorhynchus, and Woellsteinia, though some taxonomists consider Scapanorhynchus to be a synonym of Mitsukurina. The only known living species is the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni.
Species
goblin shark
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderLamniformes
- FamilyMitsukurinidae
Habitatmarine
Los mitsukurínidos (Mitsukurinidae) es una familia de elasmobranquio del orden Lamniformes que cuenta con una única especie viviente: el tiburón duende (Mitsukurina owstoni).
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Mitsukurinidae is a family of sharks with one living genus, Mitsukurina, and four fossil genera: Anomotodon, Protoscapanorhynchus, Scapanorhynchus, and Woellsteinia, though some taxonomists consider Scapanorhynchus to be a synonym of Mitsukurina. The only known living species is the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni.
This family of sharks is named in honour of Kakichi Mitsukuri who brought the holotype of the family's type species to David Starr Jordan to be scientifically described.