Name - Rhincodon typus
Name Details
Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:586432 [metadata]
Variants and Synonyms
Reported Taxonomic Ranks
Species
Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies
Animalia (Kingdom) Chordata (Phylum) Vertebrata (Subphylum) Pisces (Group) Chondrichthyes (Class) Elasmobranchii (Subclass) Orectolobiformes (Order) Rhincodontidae (Family) |
References
Recent Publications
- Chafing behaviour from two carcharhinid shark species Carcharhinus falciformis and C. galapagensis on whale sharks Rhincodon typus.
- Links between the three-dimensional movements of whale sharks (Rhincodon typus) and the bio-physical environment off a coral reef.
- Whale sharks as oceanic nurseries for Golden Trevally.
- New evidence of grey reef sharks (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos) displaying chafing behaviors on whale shark (Rhincodon typus) individuals in the Maldives.
- Development of single-pin, un-barbed, pole-tagging of free-swimming dolphins and sharks with satellite-linked transmitters.
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