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Etmopterus princeps (rough sagre; Great lanternshark; Great lantern shark)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The great lanternshark, Etmopterus princeps, also known as Rough Sagre Shark, is a shark of the family Etmopteridae found in the northeast and northwest Atlantic. Its name was given as at the time of its discovery, it was thought to be bioluminescent, but this has been challenged.
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Prey / Diet

Todarodes sagittatus (European flying squid)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Asthenocotyle azorensis[2]
Asthenocotyle kaikourensis[2]
Asthenocotyle taranakiensis[2]
Otodistomum plunketi[3]
Plesiorhynchus brayi[2]

External References

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1CephBase - Cephalopod (Octopus, Squid, Cuttlefish and Nautilus) Database
♦ 2Pollerspöck, 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;
♦ 3Gibson, 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