Mitsukurina

Translingual

Mistukurina owstoni

Etymology

From the name of Japanese zoologist Kakichi Mitsukuri.

Proper noun

Mitsukurina f

A taxonomic genus within the family Mitsukurinidae – the goblin shark and extinct relatives.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass; Lamniformes - order; Mitsukurinidae - family

Hyponyms

(genus): Mistukurina owstoni (sole extant species)
- †Mitsukurina lineata, †Mitsukurina maslinensis (extinct species)

References

Mitsukurina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Mitsukurina on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Mitsukurina on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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