Hidden angelshark
| Hidden angelshark | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
| Order: | Squatiniformes |
| Family: | Squatinidae |
| Genus: | Squatina |
| Species: | S. occulta
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| Binomial name | |
| Squatina occulta Vooren & K. G. da Silva, 1992
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The hidden angelshark (Squatina occulta) is a species of angelshark that was named by Carolus Maria Vooren and Kleber Grübel da Silva in 1994. It inhabits the Atlantic coastline of South America from southern Brazil to Argentina. Hidden angel sharks grow up to 120 cm in length and are ovoviviparous, meaning the embryos develop inside eggs that remain inside the mother's body until they are ready to hatch.[2][3]
References
- ^ Vooren, C.M. & Chiaramonte, G.E. 2007. Squatina occulta. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2007: e.T39331A10202712. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/39331/0 Downloaded on 26 October 2017.
- ^ Dulvy, N.K. and J.D. Reynolds, 1997. Evolutionary transitions among egg-laying, live-bearing and maternal inputs in sharks and rays. Proc. R. Soc. Lond., Ser. B: Biol. Sci. 264:1309-1315.
- ^ Menni, R.C. and L.O. Lucifora, 2007. Condrictios de la Argentina y Uruguay. ProBiota, FCNyM, UNLP, Serie Técnica-Didáctica, La Plata, Argentina, 11:1-15. (spanish)
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