Deania
| Deania Temporal range: 23–0 Ma | |
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| Longsnout dogfish, Deania quadrispinosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Order: | Squaliformes |
| Family: | Centrophoridae |
| Genus: | Deania D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1902 |
| Species | |
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Deania is a genus of long-snouted, deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Centrophoridae.
Species
- Deania calcea R. T. Lowe, 1839 (birdbeak dogfish)
- Deania hystricosa Garman, 1906 (rough longnose dogfish)
- Deania profundorum H. M. Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 (arrowhead dogfish)
- Deania quadrispinosa McCulloch, 1915 (longsnout dogfish)
See also
References
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera (Chondrichthyes entry)". Bulletins of American Paleontology 364: 560. Retrieved 2008-01-09.
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Deania in FishBase. February 2011 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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