Elasmobranch Specimen Details

AZ - 9 Etmopterus spinax
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ID

Species ID No. 406
Collection Code AZ
Collection No. 9
Genus Etmopterus
Species spinax
Common Name Velvet belly lantern shark
ID Verified Yes
ID Verified By G. Naylor, J. Caira & K. Jensen
Class Elasmobranchii
Order Squaliformes
Family Etmopteridae
ID Notes large cestodes in valve! -a second smaller species of worm also present. Included in Naylor et al. (2011)

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY) Action User Name
01/26/2009 Created
04/04/2012Modified
02/10/2016ModifiedK. Jensen
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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex female
Maturity Freshness
PCL (cm) Disk Length (cm)
Fork Length (cm) Disk Width (cm)
Total Length (cm) 35.2
Host Specimen Necropsied
Host Specimen Deposition
Host DNA
Host Notes

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Associated Parasites

Parasites 10% NBF 95% EtOH 10% NBF Picked
Valve Yes
Sift
Worms Yes n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 0 )
Parasite Notes valve at UConn-April 2012-ADS