Carcharias
See also: carcharias
Translingual
Etymology
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Proper noun
Carcharias m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Odontaspididae – sand sharks, sand tiger sharks.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum; Chondrichthyes - class; Elasmobranchii - subclass; Lamniformes - order; Odontaspididae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): Carcharias taurus (grey nurse shark, spotted ragged-tooth shark, sand tiger) - type species; †Carcharias robustus, Carcharias tricuspidatus (Indian sand tiger) - other species
References
Carcharias on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Carcharias on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Carcharias on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons