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HEXANCHIDAE

family

Accepted

Name authority: AFD

Cow Sharks

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Names and sources

Accepted Name	Source
HEXANCHIDAE	AFD
Published in:Yearsley, G.K., Last, P.R. & Morris, G.B. 1997, "Codes for Australian Aquatic Biota (CAAB): an upgraded and expanded species coding system for Australian fisheries databases", 15 pp. + appendices

Common Name	Source
Cow Sharks Australia Australia	AFD
Cowsharks Australia Australia	AFD
Sevengill Sharks Australia Australia	AFD
Sixgill Sharks Australia Australia	AFD

Name	Source
HEXANCHIDAE accepted	AFD

Identifier	Source
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f1951739-05d6-4cdc-8d40-226f636c0c72 Taxon current	AFD
urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:f1951739-05d6-4cdc-8d40-226f636c0c72 Taxon LSID unknown	AFD
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f1951739-05d6-4cdc-8d40-226f636c0c72 Taxon unknown	AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ff1b25de-6be1-46dd-b79d-2828a5b92a8c Scientific Name current	AFD
https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f1951739-05d6-4cdc-8d40-226f636c0c72 Taxon Concept current	AFD

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Classification

kingdom: ANIMALIA

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Data sets	Licence	Records