Pseudotriakidae
Family of sharks
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The Pseudotriakidae are a small family of ground sharks, belonging to the order Carcharhiniformes, containing the false catsharks (genera Pseudotriakis and Planonasus) and gollumsharks (genus Gollum). It contains the only ground shark species that exhibit intrauterine oophagy, in which developing fetuses are nourished by eggs produced by their mother.[1]
| Pseudotriakidae | |
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| False catshark (Pseudotriakis microdon) | |
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| Slender smooth-hound (Gollum attenuatus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Division: | Selachii |
| Order: | Carcharhiniformes |
| Suborder: | Carcharhinoidei |
| Family: | Pseudotriakidae T. N. Gill, 1893 |
| Genera[1] | |
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Genera
The Pseudotriakidae contains the following genera:[2]
- Gollum Compagno, 1973
- Planonasus Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2013
- Pseudotriakis Félix António de Brito Capelo, 1868
