Species Parascyllium elongatum Last & Stevens, 2008

• Parascyllium elongatum Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2008. Parascyllium elongatum sp. nov, a new collared carpetshark (Orectolobiformes: Parascylliidae) from southwestern Australia. pp. 35-38 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 1-358 [35, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.2508–01, near Chatham Island, WA [35°01'S 116°28'E].

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

South of Cape Leeuwin to Chatham Island, WA; temperate

Known only from type locality.

Australian Endemic.

IMCRA

Southwest Shelf Province (31)

Ecological Descriptors

Continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

Taken at 50m; known from a single female specimen taken from the stomach of Galeorhinus galeus (School Shark)

 

General References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [125]

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2008. Parascyllium elongatum sp. nov, a new collared carpetshark (Orectolobiformes: Parascylliidae) from southwestern Australia. pp. 35-38 in Last, P.R., White, W.T. & Pogonoski, J.J. (eds). Descriptions of new Australian chondrichthyans. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 022: 1-358 [37] (Elongate Carpet Shark)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [125] (Elongate Carpetshark)

 

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)