The velvet catshark (Parmaturus lanatus) is a deepwater catshark. It is known only from a single specimen collected off the Tanimbar Islands in the Arafura Sea, Indonesia, at a 840–855-metre (2,756–2,805 ft) depth. The only known specimen, a juvenile male, measured a total of 36 centimetres (14 in) in length.
Velvet catshark | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Superorder: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Parmaturus |
Species: | P. lanatus |
Binomial name | |
Parmaturus lanatus Séret & Last, 2007 | |
The shark is found in the Western Pacific. It has a depth range of depth range of 840–855 metres (2,756–2,805 ft), making it bathydemersal.[2]
Extant catshark species | |
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Apristurus |
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Asymbolus |
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Atelomycterus |
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Aulohalaelurus |
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Bythaelurus |
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Cephaloscyllium |
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Cephalurus | |
Figaro |
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Galeus |
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Halaelurus |
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Haploblepharus |
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Holohalaelurus |
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Parmaturus |
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Pentanchus | |
Poroderma |
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Schroederichthys | |
Scyliorhinus |
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