Shortnose Spurdog

Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881)

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Squalus megalops (Shortnose Spurdog) is a species of modern sharks in the family dogfish sharks. Individuals are known to live for 75 years and can grow to 110 cm.

EOL has data for 18 attributes, including:

parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881) (Shortnose spurdog)
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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76 cm
clutch/brood/litter size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001933
- Definition: Single birth offspring quantity. The proportion or number of offspring produced from a single pregnancy (mammals) or ovulation (fish) or nesting (birds).
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3
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Portugal
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/2264397
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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montane
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000342
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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coastal
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000687
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881) (Shortnose spurdog)
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Squalus megalops (Macleay 1881) (Shortnose spurdog)
inter-birth interval
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/InterBirthInterval
- Definition: The length of time between successive births of a female.
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730 days
life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000050
- Definition: A time quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's expected maximum age.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://obofoundry.org/wiki/index.php/PATO:Main_Page Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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32 years
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Unknown
total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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75 years

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Shortnose spurdog. View this species on GBIF

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