Name - Somniosus

Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:975633 [metadata]

Variants and Synonyms

• Somniosus le Sueur 1818

• Somniosus Lesueur 1818

Reported Taxonomic Ranks

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Reported Taxonomic Hierarchies

Recent Publications

• Lissodelphis peronii, Lacepede 1804 (Delphinidae, Cetacea) within the stomach contents of a sleeping shark, Somniosus cf. pacificanus, Bigelow and Schroeder 1944, in Chilean waters.
• Antarctic jaws: cephalopod prey of sharks in Kerguelen waters.
• First report of a sleeper shark (Somniosus sp.) in the southern Colombian Caribbean.
• Somniosus (Rhinoscymnus) cheni sp. nov., A New Species of Sleeper Shark (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from Eastern Taiwan, with Aspects of Embryo Biology.
• First report of a sleeper shark (Somniosus sp.) in the western Caribbean, off the insular slope of a coral atoll.

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