Species Atelomycterus marnkalha Jacobsen & Bennett, 2007

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• Atelomycterus marnkalha Jacobsen, I.P. & Bennett, M.B. 2007. Description of a new species of catshark, Atelomycterus marnkalha n. sp. (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from north-east Australia. Zootaxa 1520: 19-36 [24, figs 1-7].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.6144.01, Torres Strait, QLD [10°36´S, 141°36´E].
  Paratype(s) AM I.15557-003; AM I.21842-001; CSIRO H.6145-01; CSIRO H.6146-01; CSIRO H.6147-01; CSIRO H.6148-01; CSIRO H.6149-01; CSIRO H.1118-01; QM I.34022-34023; QM I.38078.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Atelomycterus sp. a Torres Strait form. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [189]
• Atelomycterus fasciatus Compagno & Stevens, 1993. —
  Compagno, L.J.V. & Stevens, J.D. 1993. Atelomycterus fasciatus n. sp., a new catshark (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) from tropical Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 45(2): 147-169 [151] (in part, eastern material only)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Arafura Sea, east of Coburg Peninsula, NT (133°47´E) to Gladstone, QLD (20°S); tropical, southern New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Other Regions

Torres Strait Islands terrestrial, marine & freshwater

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, rubble bottom, sand bottom marine.

Extra Ecological Information

10–74 m.

 

General References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [189, pl. 22, fig. 26.17b] (in part as Atelomycterus sp. A, Torres Strait form only)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [206]

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [189] (Banded Catshark, Longlip Spotted Catshark)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)