Biology:Somniosus

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Short description: Genus of sharks

Somniosus
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to present
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Somniosus microcephalus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Elasmobranchii
Subdivision: Selachimorpha
Order: Squaliformes
Family: Somniosidae
Genus: Somniosus
Lesueur, 1818
Type species
Squalus microcephalus

Somniosus is a widely distributed genus of deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae.[2] Several members of the genus are believed to attain lengths up to 7 m (23 ft), thus ranking among the largest of sharks.

Species

  • Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, 1939 (southern sleeper shark)
  • Somniosus cheni Hsu, Lin, & Joung, 2020 (Taiwan sleeper shark)
  • Somniosus gonzalezi Welton & Goedert, 2016 – fossil, Oligocene
  • Somniosus longus Tanaka, 1912 (frog shark)
  • Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Greenland shark)
  • Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (Pacific sleeper shark)
  • Somniosus rostratus A. Risso, 1827 (little sleeper shark)
  • Somniosus sp. A Not yet described (longnose sleeper shark)

See also

  • List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish

References

  1. Bruce J. Welton; James L. Goedert (2016). "New fossil species of Somniosus and Rhinoscymnus (Squaliformes: Somniosidae), deep water sharks from Oligocene rocks of Western Washington State, USA". New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 74: 309–326. 
  2. Yano, K.; Stevens, J. D.; Compagno, L. J. V. (December 2004). "A review of the systematics of the sleeper shark genus Somniosus with redescriptions of Somniosus (Somniosus) antarcticus and Somniosus (Rhinoscymnus) longus (Squaliformes: Somniosidae)". Ichthyological Research (Springer) 51 (4): 360–373. doi:10.1007/s10228-004-0244-4. 

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