WoRMS taxon details
Odontaspididae Müller & Henle, 1839
AphiaID: 105704
AphiaID: 105704
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Lamniformes (Order) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Family | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Lamniformes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Carchariidae (synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vernacular Names |
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| Direct child taxa [show all] | Genus Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810 Genus Odontaspis Agassiz, 1838 Genus Charcharias accepted as Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810 Genus Eugmophodus accepted as Eugomphodus Gill, 1861 accepted as Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810 Genus Eugomphodus Gill, 1861 accepted as Carcharias Rafinesque, 1810 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
Distribution: Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans. Long, inferior mouths extending behind eyes. Gill openings 5, the fifth well before pectoral fin. Jaws not very protractile in Odontaspis and Pseudocarcharias; jaws very protractile and the rostrum projected in Scapanorhynchus (=Mitsukurina). All the known species are of large size up to 3.6 m or more. They occur in coastal and slope waters in tropical and temperate latitudes. They feed on a wide variety of bony fishes, other sharks, rays, squids and bottom crustaceans. Development is ovoviviparous, without a yolk-sac placenta but with uterine cannibalism. [details] Habitat: Sand tiger sharks are tropical to warm-temperate, inshore to offshore, littoral and deepwater sharks. They occur in continental and insular waters from the outer shelves and down the slopes to possibly 1 600 m, on seamounts, and with one species (Odontaspis noronhai) also oceanic in the epipelagic and possibly the mesopelagic zone. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105704 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: WoRMS (2013). Odontaspididae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105704 on 2013-06-19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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