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SL - 91 Hexanchus griseus

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ID

Species ID No.	520
Collection Code	SL
Collection No.	91
Genus	Hexanchus
Species	griseus
Common Name	Bluntnose sixgill shark
ID Verified	Yes
ID Verified By	H. Ralicki J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Hexanchiformes
Family	Hexanchidae
ID Notes	Jaw saved.

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY)	Action	User Name
03/17/2018	Created	J. N. Caira
03/29/2018	Modified	K. Jensen
05/14/2018	Modified	K. Jensen
02/07/2020	Modified	K. Jensen
02/17/2020	Modified	J. Caira
02/28/2020	Modified	B. Barbeau
10/10/2021	Modified	J. Caira

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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex	female

Maturity		Freshness	fresh
PCL (cm)		Disk Length (cm)
Fork Length (cm)		Disk Width (cm)

Total Length (cm)

186

Host Specimen Necropsied

Yes

Host Specimen Deposition

Saved Entire	Yes
Accession No.	BRT-I 0023

Host DNA

DNA Samples Saved	Yes
DNA Samples Deposition	UConn, KU, BRT
ND2 Data Generated
ND2 Sequence Data
GenBank No.
Cophylogeny Specimen	Yes

Host Notes

jaw kept

Locality

Collection Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	3/14/2018
Collected By	J. Caira, K. Jensen, Blue Resour
Source of Specimen	local fisherman
Collection Method
Collection Depth (m)
Country	Sri Lanka
Ocean	Indian Ocean
Body of Water/River
River Basin
Island(s)	Sri Lanka
State/Province	Eastern Province
City	Muttur landing site, Muttur
Coordinates	08°27'48.96 N, 81°15'56.88 E
Decimal Degree Latitude
Decimal Degree Longitude

Associated Parasites

Parasites	10% NBF	95% EtOH	10% NBF Picked
Valve	Yes	Yes
Sift	No	No
Worms	No	No	n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 0 )
Parasite Notes	1/2 valve 10% & 1/2 valve 95% Crosso specimen divided for morph & mol work