A taxonomic revision of the catshark genus Poroderma Smith, 1837 (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae).

This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Brett A. Human (2006): A taxonomic revision of the catshark genus Poroderma Smith, 1837 (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae). Zootaxa 1229: 1-32, URL: http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:CC3F45EE-BE90-4A08-8841-A43AE8B72E65AbstractThis paper examines the alpha level taxonomy of the genus Poroderma Smith, 1837 (Chondrichthyes: Scyliorhinidae), which is endemic to South Africa. A novel species identification key is presented for Poroderma, and a comprehensive review of the taxonomy (including type material and synonyms) and distribution of all taxa is presented. Conoporoderma Fowler, 1934 is shown to be a junior synonym of Poroderma Smith, 1837, P. marleyi Fowler, 1934 is shown to be a junior synonym of P. pantherinum, and a new colour form of P. pantherinum is described. This review is the first to offer a comprehensive description of the colour variation exhibited by P. pantherinum. The genus Poroderma contains the contemporary taxa P. africanum (Gmelin, 1789) and P. pantherinum (Smith in Mueller and Henle, 1838).