WoRMS taxon details
Orectolobidae Gill, 1896
148806 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148806)
accepted
Family
- Genus Eucrossorhinus Regan, 1908
- Genus Orectolobus Bonaparte, 1834
- Genus Sutorectus Whitley, 1939
- Genus Crossorhinus Müller & Henle, 1837 accepted as Orectolobus Bonaparte, 1834
- Genus Crossorhrinus accepted as Crossorhinus Müller & Henle, 1837 accepted as Orectolobus Bonaparte, 1834 (misspelling)
- Genus Eucrossohrinus accepted as Eucrossorhinus Regan, 1908 (misspelling)
marine, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Orectolobidae Gill, 1896. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148806 on 2025-09-22
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors 
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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). <em>FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes.</em> No. 1, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. 269p. [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | wobbegongsnurse sharkscarpetsharkscarpet | [details] |
| French | requins-tapis | [details] |
| Japanese | オオセ科 | [details] |
| Russian | kovrovye akuly | [details] |
| Spanish | tiburones tapiceros | [details] |
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orectolobidae)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Orectolobidae FIN031617 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Orectolobidae)
To Genbank
To NMNH Extant Collection (Orectolobidae FIN031617 Slide 120 mm)
To ITIS
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