Cetorhinidae (Noun)
Meaning
In some older classifications considered the family of the basking sharks.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Cetorhinidae is a monotypic family that consists only of the basking shark in modern classifications but older systems sometimes categorize other species under it.
- The family Cetorhinidae is typically recognized in biological literature as solely containing the basking shark species.
- Basking sharks are grouped under the Cetorhinidae family according to this outdated system that remains obsolete in contemporary scientific research.
- Marine biologists traditionally classified the megamouth sharks within the family Cetorhinidae but contemporary findings have proven this information incorrect.
- Although some outdated literature may combine the basking and megamouth sharks under the Cetorhinidae, most contemporary classifications recognize them as separate and distinct.