Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Genus Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Parvphylum Chondrichthyes > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Squalomorphi > Order Squaliformes > Family Centrophoridae

Deania Jordan & Snyder, 1902

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Vertebrata*	Cuvier, 1812	accepted genus name
*Agnatha*	Cope, 1889	taxonomically included in
*Gnathostomata*	von Zittel, 1879	taxonomically included in

Genus group names

*Deania calceus*	(Lowe, 1839)	taxonomically included in
*Deania hystricosa*	(Garman, 1906)	taxonomically included in
*Deania profundorum*	(Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)	taxonomically included in
*Nasisqualus*	Smith & Radcliffe, 1912	synonym

Children

Deania calceus (Lowe, 1839)
Deania hystricosa (Garman, 1906)
Deania profundorum (Smith & Radcliffe, 1912)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ヘラツノザメ属

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
taxonomy source	Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025.

Genbank

Citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Deania Jordan & Snyder, 1902. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105771