Orectolobus floridus, Floral banded wobbegong

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Orectolobus floridus Last & Chidlow, 2008

Floral banded wobbegong
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Orectolobus floridus   AquaMaps   Data sources: GBIF OBIS
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Ελασμοβράγχιοι (καρχαρίες και σαλάχια) (sharks and rays) > Orectolobiformes (Carpet sharks) > Orectolobidae (Carpet or nurse sharks)
Etymology: Orectolobus: orektos (Gr.), stretched out; lobus (L.), from lobos (Gr.), rounded projection or protuberance, referring to long nasal barbels of Squalus barbatus (=O. maculatus). (See ETYFish);  floridus: Latin for full of flowers (i.e., florid), referring to “rich, floral pattern” of bands and blotches on dorsal surface. (See ETYFish).
More on authors: Last & Chidlow.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία


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