Ninja lanternshark

species of Elasmobranchii

Taxon Q21841035

Facts

8 properties

Instance of: taxon
Short name: E. benchleyi^[9]
Described by source: Etmopterus benchleyi n. sp., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the central eastern Pacific Ocean^[8]
IUCN conservation status: least concern^[5]
Named after: Peter Benchley, ninja^[3]^[4]
Parent taxon: Etmopterus^[6]
Taxon name: Etmopterus benchleyi^[7]
Taxon rank: species^[2]

🏷️ Also known as

en Etmopterus benchleyi en Ninja lanternshark id Hiu lentera ninja ja Etmopterus benchleyi ja ニンジャカラスザメ zh 忍者燈籠鯊

🔖 Identifiers · 13

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Ninja lanternshark Vasquez et al 2015.png ↗
Catalogue of Life ID: 3BM6Y
FishBase species ID: 67845
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 8574195
Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/11bxffzqjn
INaturalist taxon ID: 607446
IUCN taxon ID: 144135467
NCBI taxonomy ID: 1775713
OBIS ID: 1006938
Open Tree of Life ID: 5924421
UMLS CUI: C4090126
WoRMS-ID for taxa: 1006938

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ZooBank ID for name or act: 75252D15-A48F-45D3-A123-6A51A1E08DC5

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🔗 Connections

Named after 2

ninja, Peter Benchley

IUCN conservation status 1

least concern

Instance of 1

taxon

Parent taxon 1

Etmopterus

Taxon rank 1

species

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Summary

Ninja lanternshark is a taxon^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Ninja lanternshark — taxon rank (P105): species. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Ninja lanternshark — named after (P138): Peter Benchley. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Ninja lanternshark — named after (P138): ninja. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Ninja lanternshark — IUCN conservation status (P141): least concern. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved 2023-01-04. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Ninja lanternshark — parent taxon (P171): Etmopterus. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Ninja lanternshark — taxon name (P225): Etmopterus benchleyi. Etmopterus benchleyi n. sp., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the central eastern Pacific Ocean. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Ninja lanternshark — described by source (P1343): Etmopterus benchleyi n. sp., a new lanternshark (Squaliformes: Etmopteridae) from the central eastern Pacific Ocean. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Ninja lanternshark — short name (P1813): {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'E. benchleyi'}. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Ninja lanternshark is an instance of taxon (Q16521) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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