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Elasmobranch Specimen Details

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BJ - 261 Heterodontus mexicanus

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ID

Species ID No.	508
Collection Code	BJ
Collection No.	261
Genus	Heterodontus
Species	mexicanus
Common Name	Mexican hornshark
ID Verified	No
ID Verified By
Class	Elasmobranchii
Order	Heterodontiformes
Family	Heterodontidae
ID Notes	1 vial of nematodes in 70% ethanol

Record Data

Date (MM/DD/YYYY)	Action	User Name
01/26/2009	Created
10/05/2009	Modified
08/12/2015	Modified	J. Caira

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Host Specimen Attributes

Sex	?

Maturity		Freshness
PCL (cm)	48	Disk Length (cm)
Fork Length (cm)		Disk Width (cm)

Total Length (cm)

61

Host Specimen Necropsied

Host Specimen Deposition

Saved Entire	No
Accession No.

Host DNA

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

Host Notes

Locality

Collection Date (mm/dd/yyyy)	8/18/1993
Collected By	Janine N. Caira
Source of Specimen
Collection Method
Collection Depth (m)
Country	Mexico
Ocean	Pacific Ocean
Body of Water/River	Gulf of California
River Basin
Island(s)
State/Province	Baja California Sur
City	Santa Rosalia
Coordinates	27°19'51"N , 112°15'30"W
Decimal Degree Latitude
Decimal Degree Longitude

Associated Parasites

Parasites	10% NBF	95% EtOH	10% NBF Picked
Valve	No
Sift
Worms			n/a
Parasite Specimens ( 0 )
Parasite Notes