| Citation | McCosker, J.E., D.J. Long and C.C. Baldwin, 2012, Description of a new species of deepwater catshark, Bythaelurus giddingsi sp. nov., from the Galápagos Islands (Chondrichthyes: Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae).. Zootaxa 3221:48-59. |
| Ref. | 89625 McCosker, J.E., D.J. Long and C.C. Baldwin, 2012 |
| Page | 49;fig.1-4;pl.1-2;tab.1-2 |
| Named Used as Valid | Bythaelurus giddingsi |
| Comment | |
| Locality | Galapagos, Darwin Island, CAS 210091. |
| Distribution | Galápagos Islands |
| Quote | Observed and collected from Darwin and Marchena islands between 428-562 m depth, living on the bottom above sand or sand and mud substrates in the vicinity of lava boulders, either over flat bottoms or along slopes to 45°. Specimens were observed but not collected at Cabo Hammond, Fernandina Island, at 496 m, and were photographed at a seamount SE of San Cristobal Island at 461 m. |