Basking shark |
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The size of basking sharks at various stages of growth and maturity with a human for scale | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | Cetorhinidae |
Genus: | Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816 |
Species: |
C. maximus
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Binomial name | |
Cetorhinus maximus
(
Gunnerus, 1765)
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Range of the basking shark | |
Synonyms | |
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Basking shark |
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The size of basking sharks at various stages of growth and maturity with a human for scale | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Lamniformes |
Family: | Cetorhinidae |
Genus: | Cetorhinus Blainville, 1816 |
Species: |
C. maximus
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Binomial name | |
Cetorhinus maximus
(
Gunnerus, 1765)
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|
Range of the basking shark | |
Synonyms | |
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