A DNA sequence-based identification checklist for Taiwanese chondrichthyans
Author
Straube, Nicolas
Author
White, William T.
Author
Ho, Hsuan-Ching
Author
Rochel, Elisabeth
Author
Corrigan, Shannon
Author
Li, Chenhong
Author
Naylor, Gavin J. P.
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Zootaxa
2013
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.3752.1.16
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Centrophorus
cf.
lusitanicus
Type
locality: possibly undescribed.
The two Taiwanese samples
C.
cf.
lusitanicus
included in this analysis (GN10189 and GN10190) formed a single cluster with another sample identified as
Centrophorus
sp. 2 (GN974; see Naylor
et al.
, 2012a, b) also from
Taiwan
(Supplementary Material 1,
Figure 1
). These three samples are similar to a sample identified as
C.
sp. 3 (GN4348) from the
Philippines
. They are distinct from a morphologically similar species from off
Madagascar
, which has also been informally identified as
C.
cf.
lusitanicus
(GN2011). This species is closest morphologically to
C. lusitanicus
described from off
Portugal
but is considered to be distinct from this species and probably undescribed. A comprehensive taxonomic revision of this genus, including this species, is in progress.