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The frilled shark name of the Chlamydoselachus anguineus species derives from the extended tips of the gill filaments of the shark's six pairs of gills. The jaws of the frilled shark are able to open very wide in order to engulf larger prey. The head of the frilled shark is broad and flat, with a short, rounded snout.
It contains two extant and four extinct species. The most widely known species still surviving is the frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus). It is known as a living fossil, along with Chlamydoselachus africana, also known as the southern African frilled shark, which is only found along coastal areas of South Africa. The only two extant ...
They are now represented only by two extant species in the genus Chlamydoselachus: the frilled shark (C. anguineus) and the Southern African frilled shark (C. africana). However, they are thought to have been more diverse during the Late Cretaceous , where all three extant and extinct genera are known, and one other genus ( Rolfodon ) survived ...
Most shark reports concern the more common varieties, but there are more than 400 known species of sharks, and some of them are very rare. Frilled sharks, often called 'living fossils' are one of ...
The hunting behavior could be a sign of a wider shift in the marine ecosystem. A lone orca killed a great white in less than two minutes. Scientists say it could signal an ecological shift
The southern African frilled shark is found from off the coast of southern Angola to Namibia and South Africa. [3] Frilled sharks have also been captured off South Africa, at 1,230–1,400 m (4,040–4,590 ft) deep off Eastern Cape Province, and at 300 m (980 ft) deep off KwaZulu-Natal Province; it is uncertain whether these specimens are C. africana.
2024 was an "exceptionally quiet year" for shark bites around the world, with far fewer bites than usual, according to a new report released Tuesday. Feeding frenzy: Learn where sharks attacked ...
The Bluntnose sixgill shark is one of four shark species that have six gill pairs. Other three are - Frilled shark (Chlamydoselachus anguineus), Bigeyed sixgill shark (Hexanchus nakamurai) [4]) and Atlantic sixgill shark (Hexanchus vitulus) The bluntnose sixgill shark has a large body and long tail. The snout is blunt and wide, and its eyes are ...