Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Squaliformes > Somniosidae > Centroscymnus > Centroscymnus plunketi

Centroscymnus plunketi (Waites deepsea dogfish; Roughskin dogfish; Plunket's shark; Plunket's dogfish; Plunkets dogfish; Plunket shark; Lord Plunket's shark)

Synonyms: Centrophorus plunketi; Centrophorus waitei; Proscymnodon plunketi; Scymnodon plunketi
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Wikipedia Abstract

The plunket's shark, Scymnodon plunketi, is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around south eastern Australia, and New Zealand, at depths of between 220 and 1,550 m over continental shelves. It reaches a length of 130 cm.
View Wikipedia Record: Centroscymnus plunketi

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Centroscymnus plunketi

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Asthenocotyle kaikourensis[1]
Otodistomum plunketi[1]

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♦ 1Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0