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Megamouth Sharks

Megachasmidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Megachasmidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Megachasmidae
Family recognized by wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, wikipedia FI, wikipedia UK, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia TR, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, wikipedia ID, wikipedia EU, wikipedia DA, wikipedia SK, NCBI, wikipedia EO, wikipedia emerging languages, GBIF classification, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia IT, wikipedia PT, wikipedia FR, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Wikipedia (inferred records), GBIF data coverage, Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3, and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4
Megachasmidae
Recognized by Australia Species List, Philippines Species List, South Africa Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Furui 2020, OBIS environmental data records, and United States Species List
Megachasmidae Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983
Family recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy and World Register of Marine Species

Alternative Names

Megachasmidae
Harvest ancestor according to The Fish Database of Taiwan, Arkive, FAO Fishery Statistics, Animal Diversity Web, GBIF national node type records Sweden, IUCN, iDigBio type specimen records, Paleobiology Database, Animal Diversity Web Traits and images, iNaturalist, Fishbase, TreatmentBank, and Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

English

megamouth sharks preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa and World Register of Marine Species

Finnish

Kitahait preferred
Recognized by admin

French

requins grande gueule preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

メガマウスザメ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, World Register of Marine Species, and admin

Spanish; Castilian

tiburones bocudos preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
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Curated hierarchies for Megachasmidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Selachii
Lamniformes
Megachasmidae (this page)
Megachasma
Alopiidae
Cetorhinidae
Lamnidae
Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspididae
Pseudocarchariidae

Catalogue of Life 26 March 2024

Biota
Animalia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Lamniformes
Megachasmidae (this page)
Megachasma
Alopiidae
Cetorhinidae
Lamnidae
Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspididae
Pseudocarchariidae

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.3

Megachasmidae (this page)
Megachasma
Alopiidae
Cetorhinidae
Lamnidae
Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspididae
Pseudocarchariidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Selachii
Lamniformes
Megachasmidae (this page)
Megachasma
Alopiidae
Cetorhinidae
Lamnidae
Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspididae
Pseudocarchariidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2.2.4

Megachasmidae (this page)
Megachasma
Alopiidae
Cetorhinidae
Lamnidae
Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspididae
Pseudocarchariidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Lamniformes
Megachasmidae (this page)
Megachasma Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983
Alopiidae
Anacoracidae
Archaeolamnidae
Carchariidae
Cardabiodontidae
Cetorhinidae
Cretoxyrhinidae
Eoptolamnidae
Lamiostomatidae
Lamnidae
Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspididae
Otodontidae
Palaeohypotodus Glikman 1964
Pseudocarcharidae
Pseudocarchariidae
Pseudocoracidae
Squalicoracidae

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Euselachii
Lamniformes
Megachasmidae Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983 (this page)
Megachasma Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983
Alopiidae Bonaparte 1838
Cetorhinidae Gill 1862
Lamnidae Müller & Henle 1838
Mitsukurinidae Jordan 1898
Odontaspididae Müller & Henle 1839
Pseudocarchariidae Compagno 1973

IUCN

Animalia
Chordata
Chondrichthyes
Lamniformes
Megachasmidae (this page)
Megachasma pelagios Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983
Alopiidae
Cetorhinidae
Lamnidae
Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspididae
Pseudocarchariidae

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Elasmobranchii
Selachii
Galeomorphii
Galeoidea
Lamniformes
Megachasmidae (this page)
Megachasma
Alopiidae
Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspididae
Pseudocarchariidae
unclassified Lamniformes

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Deuterostomia
Chordata
Olfactores
Craniata
Vertebrata
Gnathostomata
Chondrichthyes
Euselachii
Neoselachii
Lamniformes
Megachasmidae (this page)
Megachasma
Alopiidae
Anacoracidae
Carchariidae
Cetorhinidae
Eoptolamnidae
Haimirichiidae
Lamnidae
Mitsukurinidae
Odontaspididae
Otodontidae
Otodus aksuaticus
Pseudocarchariidae
Pseudocoracidae

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Lamniformes
Megachasmidae Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983 (this page)
Alopiidae
Alopiidae Bonaparte 1835
Carchariidae Müller & Henle 1838
Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinidae Gill 1861
Lamnidae
Lamnidae Bonaparte 1835
Megachasmidae
Mitsukurinidae
Mitsukurinidae Jordan 1898
Odontaspididae
Odontaspididae Müller & Henle 1839
Pseudocarchariidae
Pseudocarchariidae Taylor, Compagno & Struhsaker 1983
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