Apristurus laurussonii — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Elasmobranchii/Carcharhiniformes/Scyliorhinidae/Apristurus

At a glance

Occurrence records800

Data sources8

Biological traits7

DNA specimens3

eDNA detections0

Sources8 archives

Databases and archives Apristurus laurussonii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation6 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility326 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System474 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics3 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources7 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS800 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD3 specimens

01Narrative

The Iceland or Icelandic catshark (Apristurus laurussonii) is a species of catshark, belonging to the family Scyliorhinidae. This catshark is found in the western Atlantic, from Massachusetts, Delaware, and the northern Gulf of Mexico, as well as the eastern Atlantic from Iceland, southwestern Ireland, the Canary Islands, Madeira, South Africa, and between 67 and 11°N. They are found in depths of 550 to 1450 meters near or at the bottom over upper continental slopes.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length76 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebathydemersal

Uses & economy1

Commercial importanceof no interest

Other traits3

Depth max1 550 m

Depth min560 m

Vulnerability50.4

05DNA & barcoding3 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Apristurus laurussonii has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens3

BINs1

Marker genes1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type800 records

Wild obs. + sensor134

Museum / vouchered455

Other211

Origin

Native14

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO996 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit1

200–1000 m twilight261

1–4 km midnight70

>4 km abyssal0

median 820.7 m · max 3 650 m · 332 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy98% within 1 km

≤100 m 39≤10 km 1

40 georeferenced · 94 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor134

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 56≤1 km 7≤10 km 2>10 km 4

69 georeferenced · 386 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence455

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions7 of 15 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Paris, FR	59
Washington, US	48
Zoologisches Museum Hamburglocation not on record	33
FishBaselocation not on record	32
University of Texas Biodiversity Collections (UTBC)location not on record	15
South Kensington, GB	11
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	7
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	7
Barcelona, ES	6
IEO-COMA-CSIClocation not on record	6
Copenhagen, DK	4
IEOlocation not on record	2
University of Alabamalocation not on record	1
College Station, US	1
Bergen, NO	1

15 institutions · 233 of 455 vouchered records shown