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Sand tiger, spotted raggedtooth, or grey nurse shark - Carcharias taurus

Family ODONTASPIDIDAE - Sand Tiger Sharks

Resouces from government sites on Carcharias taurus :

Description Sandtiger Shark - Odontaspis taurus
Odontaspis Species: taurus, Taxonomy. The sandtiger shark was originally
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/Education/sharkkey/sandtiger.html

Florida Museum of Natural History Ichthyology Department
Sand Tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). Biological Profile Sand Tiger shark (Carcharias
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Carcharias_taurus.html

ADW: Carcharias taurus: Classification
Carcharias taurus. Pictures; Classification. What do these icons mean? ... Parent taxa.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/pictures/Carcharias_taurus.html

ADW: Carcharias taurus: Pictures
Carcharias taurus. Pictures; Classification. Carcharias taurus. Home - About
http://core.ecu.edu/biol/nortons/NCFishes/SharksSkatesRays/sand%20tiger/SandTigerRefs.html

ROCK & WRECK FISHES OF NC
Mustelus canis, dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus, Atlantic sharpnose shark,
http://ccaix.jsums.edu/~jsubio/kgoldman.html

Dr. Kenneth Goldman's Vita
In preparation. Demographic analysis of sand tiger sharks, Carcharias taurus, in
http://omp.gso.uri.edu/doee/biota/fish/sandtsh.htm

Sandtiger Shark
...(Courtesy of NOAA Fisheries-Narragansett Laboratory), Sandtiger Shark (Carcharias
http://www.lib.washington.edu/resource/search/ResFull.asp?Field=keyword&ID=396215

UW Libraries - Database Search
Click here to see record details, Recovery plan for the grey nurse shark (Carcharias
http://www.cogsci.indiana.edu/farg/harry/bio/tax/Chondrichthyes.txt

Subclass Order Family Genus species Common name Full Finished # of ...
Whitespotted bullhead shark zebra Zebra bullhead shark Lamniformes mackerel sharks
http://www.nd.edu/~whamlett/wch_research.htm

Dr. Hamlett's Research
...and Mustelus canis (placental viviparous and forms a permanent egg membrane that
http://www.usm.maine.edu/gulfofmaine-census/Docs/About/Organisms/fishes00_3.htm

Census of Marine Life Gulf of Maine Area Program
Image: Courtesy of Vineyard Press Books Class: Elasmobranchii Order: Lamniformes
http://www.vims.edu/fastnews/sharknews.html

Sharks in the News
...(Compagno 1984). Sandtiger shark, Carcharias taurus. Maximum size: approximately
http://listproc.ucdavis.edu/archives/iamslic/log0107/0116.html

iamslic_log0107: [IAMSLIC:467] ILL
Seasonal variation in abundance and sex rato of Grey Nurse (Sand Tiger) Sharks
http://soconnell.web.wesleyan.edu/courses/ees106/lecture_notes/lecture_marine_ecology/HTML%20Presentation%20folder/

Chapter 14 - Marine Ecology
Shark Reproduction - internal fertilization. Shark Reproduction - ovoviviparous.
http://www.nap.edu/nap-cgi/skimit.cgi?isbn=0309089980&chap=26-34

NAP Skim View of: 3 I Never Fully Understood It
...ordinary people find that scientific names inspire the very essence of tedium:
http://www.mbl.edu/marine_org/flescher/flescher.php?func=fan&myID=D1

MBL :: Marine Organisms:: Image Database at MBL
Carcharias ..... Carcharias taurus Sand Shark ..... Rajiformes skates and rays ..... ...
http://susdl.fcla.edu/lfnh/matrix/T/index_c.htm

Main Index
Carcharhinus plumbeus; Carcharhinus signatus; Carcharhinus sp. Carcharias cuspidata;
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/paleo/sharkteeth/



Academic web resources on Carcharias taurus :

Characterization of the non-saponifiable fraction of the liver ...
Comp Biochem Physiol B. 1983;74(3):661-5. Characterization of the non-saponifiable
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11028750&dopt=Abstract

Observations on a lesser-known monogenean, Udonella myliobati ...
...monogenean, Udonella myliobati, from a copepod parasite, Lepeophtheirus natalensis,
http://www.nero.noaa.gov/hcd/sandtiger.htm

Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus
Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus). Essential Fish Habitat for Sand Tiger
http://www.oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/stories/lionfish/lion04_biology.html

NOAA National Ocean Service Education: Lionfish Discovery Story
NOAA scientist Paula Whitfield has hypothesized that sand tiger sharks (Carcharias
http://www.lab.fws.gov/nwafs_abs0.html

PRESENTATIONS
...robust, multiplex PCR assay for identification of basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus;
http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/nefsc/publications/tm/tm171/tm171t3.htm

TM 171 Table 3
Atlantic hagfish, Myxine glutinosa, Combined, 649, 14, 66. Sand tiger, Carcharias
http://nmml.afsc.noaa.gov/Accessibility/AccLibJun99Acquisitions.html

Access June 1999 Acquisitions
Mustelus canis, dusky shark, Carcharhincus obscurus, Atlantic sharpnose shark,
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=159888

ITIS Standard Report Page: Carcharias taurus
Go to Print Version, Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 Taxonomic Serial No.: 159888.
http://www.itis.usda.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=159879

ITIS Standard Report Page: Carcharias taurus
Go to Print Version, Carcharias taurus Rafinesque, 1810 Taxonomic Serial No.: 159879.
http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=449&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&s1=(((Internet+AND+Language)+AND+Search)+AND+Engines)&p=9&OS=Internet&RS=Internet



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