WoRMS banner

WoRMS RSS feed RSS
Add search provider Add provider
Twitter: Latest updates @WRMarineSpecies

WoRMS taxon details

Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788) 
AphiaID: 281931

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Selachii (Infraclass) > Galeomorphi (Superorder) > Orectolobiformes (Order) > Orectolobidae (Family) > Orectolobus (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Orectolobus Bonaparte, 1834
Synonymised
taxa
  Squalus appendiculatus Shaw, 1806
Squalus barbatus Gmelin, 1789
Squalus labiatus Bleeker, 1855
Squalus lobatus Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Squalus maculatus Bonnaterre, 1788 (basionym)
Sources  additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: Compagno, L.J.V. (2001). Sharks of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. Volume 2. Bullhead, mackerel and carpet sharks (Heterodontiformes, Lamniformes and Orectolobiformes). FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
English carpet shark  [details]
English spotted wobbegong  [details]
English wobbegong  [details]
French requin-tapis tacheté  [details]
Japanese kumohada oose  [details]
Japanese kumohada ôse  [details]
Spanish tapicero manchado  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution FAO fishing area 57 [details]
FAO fishing area 61 [details]
FAO fishing area 71 [details]
FAO fishing area 81 [details]
South Australia (state) [details]
West Pacific [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (6 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To FAO Species fact sheets
To FishBase
To GenBank (35 nucleotides; 40 proteins)
To IUCN Red List
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To ITIS
Image 
Orectolobus maculatus
Orectolobus maculatus
added on 2009-06-08 - author: Collection Karl-Heinz Dau
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:281931
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2008-01-15 17:27:08Z  created  Bailly, Nicolas
  
[Taxonomic tree] [Distribution map] [Google] [Google scholar] [Google images]
  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Orectolobus maculatus (Bonnaterre, 1788). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/authority/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=281931 on 2013-05-22
  Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License