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Taxon: Species Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 (fish)
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Kingdom [Animalia] Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
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   Subkingdom Metazoa Haeckel, 1874 see Kingdom Animalia Linnaeus, 1758
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     Division Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 see Subkingdom Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910
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       Subdivision Bilateralia
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         Phylum Chordata Bateson, 1885 - chordates
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           Subphylum Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates see Infraphylum Vertebrata Lamarck, 1801
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             Superclass Pisces Linnaeus, 1758 - fishes
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               Class Chondrichthyes Huxley, 1880 - cartilaginous fishes
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                 Subclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838 - shark-like fishes see Infraclass Elasmobranchii Bonaparte, 1838
                Count: [*] 2o36f43g59s; †2o1g
                   Order Selachii see Division Selachii
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                     Order Selachii see Division Selachii
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                       Suborder Squaloidei Müller & Henle, 1838 see Order Squaliformes Compagno, 1973
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                         Family Squalidae Blainville, 1816 - dogfish sharks
                        Count: 2g;2s
                           Genus Squalus Linnaeus, 1758 - spiny dogfishes
                          Count: 1s
                             Squalus acanthias Linnaeus, 1758 - piked dogfish
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