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Carcharodon carcharias (great white shark)
Taxonomy
Squalus carcharias was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant. Its type specimen is 1.
It was recombined as Carcharodon carcharias by Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena (1996), Purdy et al. (2001) and Adnet et al. (2009).
It was recombined as Carcharodon carcharias by Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena (1996), Purdy et al. (2001) and Adnet et al. (2009).
Sister species
C. angustidens, C. auriculatus, C. disauris, C. escheri, C. hastalis, C. heterodon, C. hubbelli, C. humilis, C. lanceolatus, C. lanciformis, C. leptodon, C. megalodon (syn. C. rectus, C. ferox, C. triangularis), C. megalotis, C. orientalis, C. plicatilis, C. polygyrus, C. productus, C. rectidens, C. rondeleti, C. semiserratus, C. subauriculatus (syn. C. chubutensis), C. subserratus, C. sulcidens, C. toliapicus, C. turgidus
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1758 | Squalus carcharias Linnaeus |
| 1876 | Carcharodon caifassi Lawley p. 23 |
| 1881 | Carcharodon etruscus Lawley p. 17 |
| 1996 | Carcharodon carcharias Applegate and Espinosa-Arrubarrena p. 32 |
| 2001 | Carcharodon carcharias Purdy et al. p. 137 |
| 2009 | Carcharodon carcharias Adnet et al. p. 10 |
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