Animalia > Chordata > Elasmobranchii > Lamniformes > Mitsukurinidae > Mitsukurina > Mitsukurina owstoniMitsukurina owstoni (Elfin shark; Elphin shark; Goblin shark)Synonyms: Mitsukurina nasuta; Odontaspis nasutus; Scapanorhynchus dofleini; Scapanorhynchus jordani; Scapanorhynchus jordoni; Scapanorhynchus mitsukurii (heterotypic); Scapanorhynchus owstoni (homotypic) Language: Afrikaans; Czech; Danish; Dutch; Finnish; French; German; Icelandic; Italian; Japanese; Mandarin Chinese; Norwegian; Portuguese; Russian; Spanish; Swedish The goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) is a rare species of deep-sea shark. Sometimes called a "living fossil", it is the only extant representative of the family Mitsukurinidae, a lineage some 125 million years old. This pink-skinned animal has a distinctive profile with an elongated, flattened snout, and highly protrusible jaws containing prominent nail-like teeth. It is usually between 3 and 4 m (10 and 13 ft) long when mature, though it can grow considerably larger. Goblin sharks inhabit upper continental slopes, submarine canyons, and seamounts throughout the world at depths greater than 100 m (330 ft), with adults found deeper than juveniles. |
Water Biome [1] | Pelagic, Benthic | | Diet [1] | Carnivore |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org♦ 2Clinton A. J. Duffy (1997) Further records of the goblin shark, Mitsukurina owstoni (Lamniformes: Mitsukurinidae), from New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Zoology, 24:2, 167-171 ♦ 3Pollerspöck, 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; ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London |
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
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