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Sphyrna

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Sphyrna
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Sphyrna is a genus of hammerhead sharks with a cosmopolitan distribution in the world's oceans. Members of Sphyrna have a tendency to inhabit coastal waters along the intertidal zone rather than the open ocean, as their prey such as invertebrates, fish, rays, small crustaceans, and other benthic organisms hide in the sands and sediment along these zones. Members of Sphyrna are also known by synonyms such as Zygaena, Cestracion, and Sphyrichthys. The earliest species described of this genus was Sphyrna zygaena by Carl Linnaeus in 1758, while the latest described member, Sphyrna alleni, was described in 2024.

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The genus name comes from the Greek word σφῦρα sphyra "hammer", it is also where the family name Sphyrnidae comes from.[1]

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Species

The recognized species in this genus are:[2][3]

Extant
Extinct
  • Sphyrna arambourgi (Cappetta, 1970)
  • Sphyrna gibbesii (Hay, 1902)
  • Sphyrna integra (Probst, 1878)
  • Sphyrna laevissima (Cope, 1867)
  • Sphyrna magna (Cope, 1867)
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References

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