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Cryptopenaeus clevai is a species of decapod within the family Solenoceridae. [1] [2] The species is found near Indonesia , in the Indian Ocean and Caspian Sea , where it lives at depths of 410 to 587 meters.
Binomial name. Bythaelurus clevai. ( Séret, 1987) Synonyms. Halaelurus clevai Séret, 1987. Sharks portal. The broadhead catshark ( Bythaelurus clevai) is a catshark of the family Scyliorhinidae. The only specimen, the holotype, was found off Madagascar at a depth between 425 and 500 m.
Goneplax rhomboides is a relatively small (carapace up to 3.7 cm or 1.5 in in diameter), distinctive-looking crab that ranges from yellowish-white, to orange, too reddish to vivid pink in colour. [1] [3] [4] It has a smooth, quadrangular, strongly convex carapace that is much broader than it is long. It has long, slender pereiopods with margins ...
Catsharks are ground sharks of the family Scyliorhinidae. They are the largest family of sharks with around 160 species placed in 17 genera. [2] Although they are generally known as catsharks, some species can also be called dogfish due to previous naming. [3] However, a dogfish may generally be distinguished from a catshark as catsharks lay ...
Carpet sharks are sharks classified in the order Orectolobiformes / ɒrɛkˈtɒləbɪfɔːrmiːz /. Sometimes the common name "carpet shark" (named so because many species resemble ornately patterned carpets) is used interchangeably with "wobbegong", which is the common name of sharks in the family Orectolobidae. Carpet sharks have five gill ...
Goneplax is a genus of crabs, containing the following extant species: [1] Goneplax barnardi (Capart, 1951) Goneplax clevai Guinot & Castro, 2007. Goneplax rhomboides ( Linnaeus, 1758) Goneplax sigsbei (A. Milne-Edwards, 1880) A further five species are also known from the fossil record, [2] dating from the Miocene onwards. [3]
Squalidae. Squalidae, more commonly known as dogfish, dog sharks, or spiny dogfish, [2] are one of several families of sharks categorized under Squaliformes, making it the second largest order of sharks, numbering 119 species across 7 families. [3] Having earned their name after a group of fishermen reportedly observed the species chasing down ...
The northern river shark or New Guinea river shark ( Glyphis garricki) is a species of requiem shark, in the family Carcharhinidae, found in scattered tidal rivers and associated coastal waters in northern Australia and in Papua New Guinea. This species inhabits areas with poor visibility, soft bottoms, and large tides, with immature sharks ...