The white-clasper catshark (Parmaturus albipenis) is a recently described deepwater catshark, known only from a single specimen collected from northern New Caledonia at a depth of 688–732 m. The only known specimen, an adult male, measured a total of 41.5 cm in length.[citation needed]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Subdivision: | Selachimorpha |
Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
Family: | Scyliorhinidae |
Genus: | Parmaturus |
Species: | P. albipenis
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Binomial name | |
Parmaturus albipenis Séret & Last, 2007
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