Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Carcharhiniformes > Scyliorhinidae > Apristurus > Apristurus laurussonii

Apristurus laurussonii (Madeira catshark; Medeira shark; Iceland catshark; Iceland cat shark; Flathead cat shark; Cat shark; Atlantic ghost catshark; Atlantic ghost cat shark)

Synonyms: Apristurus atlanticus; Apristurus laurussoni; Apristurus maderensis; Scylliorhinus atlanticus; Scyllium laurussonii
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Wikipedia Abstract

The Iceland or Icelandic catshark (Apristurus laurussonii) is a species of catshark, belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae. This catshark is found in the western Atlantic, from Massachusetts, Delaware, and the northern Gulf of Mexico, as well as the eastern Atlantic from Iceland, southwestern Ireland, the Canary Islands, Madeira, South Africa, and between 67 and 11°N. They are found in depths of 550 to 1450 meters near or at the bottom over upper continental slopes.
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Ditrachybothridium macrocephalum[1]

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1Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
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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