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Elasmobranch Specimen Details

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VJ - 6 Rhizoprionodon terraenovae

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ID

Species ID No.	936
Collection Code	VJ
Collection No.	6
Genus	Rhizoprionodon
Species	terraenovae
Common Name	Atlantic sharpnose shark
ID Verified	No
ID Verified By
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Carcharhiniformes
Family	Carcharhinidae
ID Notes	Set 21

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY)	Action	User Name
01/26/2009	Created	B. Barbeau
09/18/2013	Modified
02/10/2016	Modified	K. Jensen
07/25/2022	Modified	J. Caira

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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex	female

Maturity		Freshness
PCL (cm)		Disk Length (cm)
Fork Length (cm)	80.1	Disk Width (cm)

Total Length (cm)

94.4

Host Specimen Necropsied

Host Specimen Deposition

Saved Entire	No
Accession No.

Host DNA

DNA Samples Saved	Yes
DNA Samples Deposition	J. Caira at the University of Connecticut; G. Naylor at Florida State University
ND2 Data Generated	No
ND2 Sequence Data
GenBank No.
Cophylogeny Specimen

Host Notes

liver in 95% EtOH

Locality

Collection Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	1/25/1997
Collected By	V. J. McKenzie
Source of Specimen	Delaware II cruise
Collection Method	long line
Collection Depth (m)
Country	U.S.A.
Ocean	Atlantic Ocean
Body of Water/River
River Basin
Island(s)
State/Province
City
Coordinates
Decimal Degree Latitude
Decimal Degree Longitude

Associated Parasites

Parasites	10% NBF	95% EtOH	10% NBF Picked
Valve	Yes
Sift
Worms		Yes	n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 0 )
Parasite Notes	From Data Sheet: cestodes in 95% EtOH, many worms left in sift fixed w/ valve in 10% NBF; valve at UConn-April 2012-ADS