Planonasus is a genus of ground sharks in the family Pseudotriakidae, native to the western Indian Ocean.[1][2]
Planonasus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Pseudotriakidae |
Genus: | Planonasus Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2013 |
Type species | |
Planonasus parini |
Species
editThere are currently two species in this genus:
- Planonasus parini (Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2013) (dwarf false catshark)
- Planonasus indicus (Ebert, Akhilesh, & Weigmann, 2018) (pygmy false catshark)
References
edit- ^ "Planonasus parini | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2019-01-18.
- ^ "Planonasus indicus | Shark-References". shark-references.com. Retrieved 2019-01-18.