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Taxon: Genus Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810 - lanternsharks (fish)
Classification by:

Natura - nature
   actualia - actual entities
     Mundus Plinius - physical world
       naturalia - natural bodies
         Clade Biota Wagner 2004 [Wiemann, de Queiroz, Rowe, Planavsky, Anderson, Gogarten, Turner & Gauthier 2020]
           Clade neomura Cavalier-Smith, 1987
             Domain Eukaryota Chatton, 1925 - eukaryotes
               Clade discaria Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                 Clade dorsates Cavalier-Smith, 2021
                   Clade podiates Cavalier-Smith, 2012
                     Clade Amorphea Adl et al. 2012 [Simpson, Medina & Adl 2020]
                       Clade Obazoa Brown, Sharpe, Silberman, Heiss, Lang, Simpson & Roger 2013
                         Clade Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith 1987 [Simpson & Medina 2020] - animal-fungal clade
                           Superkingdom Holozoa Lang, O'Kelly, Nerad, Gray & Burger, 2002
                             Clade filozoa Shalchian-Tabrizi, Minge, Espelund, Orr, Ruden, Jakobsen & Cavalier-Smith, 2008
                               Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
                                 Clade Planulozoa Wallberg, Thollesson, Farris & Jondelius 2004
                                   Subkingdom Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians
                                     Clade Nephrozoa Jondelius, Ruiz-Trillo, Baguñà & Riutort 2002
                                       Infrakingdom Deuterostomia Grobben, 1908
                                         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
                                           Subphylum Craniata auct.
                                             Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801 - vertebrates
                                               Clade Pan-Gnathostomata Downs 2020
                                                 Superclass Gnathostomata Gegenbaur, 1874 - jawed vertebrates
                                                   [crown] Clade Eugnathostomata
                                                     [crown] Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
                                                       Subclass Euselachii Hay, 1902 - sharks, rays, and related fossils
                                                         Infraclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838
                                                           Division Selachii - sharks
                                                             Superorder Squalomorphi
                                                               Series Squalida [monotypic]
                                                                 Order Squaliformes Compagno, 1973 - dogfish sharks
                                                                   Family Etmopteridae Fowler, 1934 - lantern sharks
                                                                     Genus Etmopterus Rafinesque, 1810 - lanternsharks
                                                                       01 Etmopterus baxteri Garrick, 1957 - New Zealand lanternshark
                                                                       02 Etmopterus bigelowi Shirai & Tachikawa, 1993
                                                                       03 Etmopterus brachyurus Smith & Radcliffe, 1912 - shorttail lanternshark
                                                                       04 Etmopterus bullisi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1957 - lined lanternshark
                                                                       05 Etmopterus burgessi Schaaf-Da Silva & Ebert, 2006
                                                                       06 Etmopterus carteri Springer & Burgess, 1985
                                                                       07 Etmopterus caudistigmus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
                                                                       08 Etmopterus compagnoi Fricke & Koch, 1990
                                                                       09 Etmopterus decacuspidatus Chan, 1966 - combtoothed lanternshark
                                                                       10 Etmopterus dianthus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
                                                                       11 Etmopterus dislineatus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
                                                                       12 Etmopterus evansi Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
                                                                       13 Etmopterus fusus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
                                                                       14 Etmopterus gracilispinis Krefft, 1968 - broadband dogfish
                                                                       15 Etmopterus granulosus (Günther, 1880) - southern lanternshark
                                                                       16 Etmopterus hillianus (Poey, 1861) - blackbelly dogfish
                                                                       17 Etmopterus joungi Knuckey et al., 2011
                                                                       18 Etmopterus litvinovi Parin & Kotlyar, 1990
                                                                       19 Etmopterus lucifer Jordan & Snyder, 1902 - blackbelly lanternshark
                                                                       20 Etmopterus molleri (Whitley, 1939) - slendertail lanternshark
                                                                       21 Etmopterus perryi Springer & Burgess, 1985
                                                                       22 Etmopterus polli Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953 - African lanternshark
                                                                       23 Etmopterus princeps Collett, 1904 - great lanternshark
                                                                       24 Etmopterus pseudosqualiolus Last, Burgess & Séret, 2002
                                                                       25 Etmopterus pusillus (Lowe, 1839) - slender lanternshark
                                                                       26 Etmopterus pycnolepis Kotlyar, 1990
                                                                       27 Etmopterus robinsi Shofield & Burgess, 1997
                                                                       28 Etmopterus schultzi Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953 - fringefin lanternshark
                                                                       29 Etmopterus sculptus Ebert et al., 2011
                                                                       30 Etmopterus sentosus Bass, d'Aubrey & Kistnasamy, 1976 - thorny lanternshark
                                                                       31 Etmopterus spinax (Linnaeus, 1758) - velvet belly
                                                                       32 Etmopterus splendidus Yano, 1988 - splendid lanternshark
                                                                       33 Etmopterus tasmaniensis Myagkov & Pavlov, 1986
                                                                       34 Etmopterus unicolor (Engelhardt, 1912) - brown lanternshark
                                                                       35 Etmopterus villosus Gilbert, 1905 - Hawaiian lanternshark
                                                                       36 Etmopterus virens Bigelow, Schroeder & Springer, 1953 - green lanternshark

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