Mustelus walkeri
White & Last, 2008
Eastern spotted gummy shark
Classification: Elasmobranchii Carcharhiniformes Triakidae
Reference of the original description
Description of two new species of gummy sharks, genus Mustelus (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae), from Australian waters. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper, 22, 189–202
Description of two new species of gummy sharks, genus Mustelus (Carcharhiniformes: Triakidae), from Australian waters. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper, 22, 189–202
Types
Mustelus walkeri
Holotype: CSIRO: H 460-02; Paratype: CSIRO: H 632-02; CSIRO: H 705-01; CSIRO: H 2471-02; CSIRO: H 3643-20; CSIRO: H 2469-02; CSIRO: H 2471-01; CSIRO: H 1367-01; CSIRO: H 2468-01; CSIRO: H 2469-01; CSIRO: H 1362-01; CSIRO: H 1362-02; CSIRO: H 1310-04; CSIRO: H 1310-05; CSIRO: H 1310-06; CSIRO: H 459-02; QM: I 38198;
Mustelus walkeri
Holotype: CSIRO: H 460-02; Paratype: CSIRO: H 632-02; CSIRO: H 705-01; CSIRO: H 2471-02; CSIRO: H 3643-20; CSIRO: H 2469-02; CSIRO: H 2471-01; CSIRO: H 1367-01; CSIRO: H 2468-01; CSIRO: H 2469-01; CSIRO: H 1362-01; CSIRO: H 1362-02; CSIRO: H 1310-04; CSIRO: H 1310-05; CSIRO: H 1310-06; CSIRO: H 459-02; QM: I 38198;
Description :
Citation: Mustelus walkeri White & Last, 2008: In: Database of modern sharks, rays and chimaeras, www.shark-references.com, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 12/2024
Common names
Eastern spotted gummy shark
Eastern spotted gummy shark
Short Description
A relatively large species with the following characters: tall dorsal fins, its posterior margin directed posteroventrally from top to bottom and not upright distally, first dorsal-fin base is 1.6-2.0 times the anal-caudal space; buccopharyngeal denticles cover entire palate and floor of mouth; long claspers of adult males are slender, strongly depressed, the inner length about 9-10% TL, extending to just anterior of the second dorsal-fin origin; lower edge of spiracle is usually close to level of mid-eye; insertion of anal-fin usually over its apex; about 69/73 teeth rows; 78- 94 precaudal vertebral centra; 35-39 monospondylous centra; dorsal color pale greyish with numerous small, often indistinct, semi-regular, diffuse-edged white spots on postspiracular head and body; light and dark tonal coloration well demarcated on head below eye and onto middle of first gill slit, the intergill membranes are much darker dorsally than ventrally; bases and inner lobe of dorsal fins in juveniles (
A relatively large species with the following characters: tall dorsal fins, its posterior margin directed posteroventrally from top to bottom and not upright distally, first dorsal-fin base is 1.6-2.0 times the anal-caudal space; buccopharyngeal denticles cover entire palate and floor of mouth; long claspers of adult males are slender, strongly depressed, the inner length about 9-10% TL, extending to just anterior of the second dorsal-fin origin; lower edge of spiracle is usually close to level of mid-eye; insertion of anal-fin usually over its apex; about 69/73 teeth rows; 78- 94 precaudal vertebral centra; 35-39 monospondylous centra; dorsal color pale greyish with numerous small, often indistinct, semi-regular, diffuse-edged white spots on postspiracular head and body; light and dark tonal coloration well demarcated on head below eye and onto middle of first gill slit, the intergill membranes are much darker dorsally than ventrally; bases and inner lobe of dorsal fins in juveniles (
Remarks
shark-references Species-ID=3828;
shark-references Species-ID=3828;
Parasites (arranged by Jürgen Pollerspöck)
Myxosporea
Monogenea
Cestoda
Nematoda
Copepoda
Isopoda
Hirudinea
Myxosporea
Monogenea
- Calicotyle stossichi Braun, 1899 [17436]
- Empruthotrema dasyatidis Whittington & Kearn, 1992 [17002]
- Erpocotyle antarctica (Hughes, 1928) [17150] [22557] [16602]
- Macrophyllida antarctica (Hughes, 1928) Johnston, 1930 [17150]
- Triloculotrema japanicae Kearn, 1993 [17002]
Cestoda
- Calliobothrium tylotocephalum Alexander, 1963 [16602]
- Calliobothrium verticillatum (Rudolphi, 1819) [16602]
- Coronocestus coronatus (Robinson, 1959) [16602]
- Diesingium antarcticum (Campbell & Beveridge 1988) [16279] [16112]
- Dollfusiella australis Prudhoe, 1969 [16252] [16112]
- Dollfusiella martini (Beveridge, 1990) [16252] [16112]
- Dollfusiella ocallaghani (Beveridge, 1990) Beveridge & Jones, 2000 [16252] [16112]
- Lacistorhynchus dollfusi Beveridge & Sakanari, 1987 [16253] [16112] [15747]
- Molicola sp. [16112]
- Nybelinia thyrsites Korotaeva, 1971 [17845] [16112]
- Orygmatobothrium versatile (Diesing, 1854) Diesing, 1863 [16602]
- Phyllobothrium lactuca Van Beneden, 1850 [16385] [16602]
- Platybothrium sp. [16306]
- Scyphophyllidium musteli (Van Beneden, 1850) [16306] [16443]
- Scyphophyllidium rodmani (Ruhnke & Carpenter, 2008) [7416]
- Symcallio eschrichti (Van Beneden, 1850) [16602]
- Symcallio hayhowi (Nasin, Caira & Euzet, 1997) [16201] [21796]
- Trimacracanthus aetobatidis (Robinson, 1959) [16252] [16112] [17404]
Nematoda
- Acanthocheilus bicuspis (Wedl, 1855) [16602]
- Acanthocheilus rotundatus (Rudolphi, 1819) [16939] [17029]
- Pulchrascaris chiloscyllii (Johnston & Mawson, 1951) [17029]
- Terranova antarctica Leiper & Atkinson, 1914 [17139] [16602] [17029]
Copepoda
Isopoda
- Elthusa raynaudii (Milne Edwards, 1840) [16602]
Hirudinea
- Branchellion australis Leigh-Sharpe, 1916 [16602] [28595]
- Pontobdella leucothela Schimarda, 1861 [28595]