Somniosus

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Name (Latin)
Somniosus
Other forms of name
Heteroscymnus
Laemargus
Leidon
Leiodon
Rhinoscymnus
Somnolentus
See Also From tracing topical name
Dalatiidae
Sleeper sharks
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q213054
Library of congress: sh 93006960
Sources of Information
  • Work cat.: Jungersen, H.F.E. On the appendices genitales in the Greenland shark, Somniosus microcephalus (Bl. Schn.), and other selachians, 1899.
  • A list of common and scientific names of fishes from the United States and Canada, 1980:p. 13.
  • Eschmeyer, W.N. Catalog of the genera of recent fishes, 1990:p. 383 (Somniosus. Valid. Family Squalidae. Somnolentus is regarded as an incorrect subsequent spelling.)
  • Catalog of fishes, via WWW, Dec. 3, 2004(Somniosus. Dalatiidae: Somniosinae. Synonyms: Heteroscymnus, Laemargus, Leiodon, Rhinoscymnus)
  • Checklist of living sharks, via WWW, Dec. 3, 2004(Genus Somniosus. Family Somniosidae - Sleeper Sharks)
  • FishBase, via WWW, Dec. 3, 2004(Somniosus. Family Dalatiidae - Sleeper sharks, subfamily Somniosinae)
  • ITIS, Dec. 3, 2004(Somniosus Lesueur, 1818 -- valid -- sleeper sharks. Synonyms: Heteroscymnus, Leidon, Rhinoscymnus, Somnolentus. Family Somnosidae Jordan, 1888 -- sleeper sharks)
  • NCBI taxonomy browser, Dec. 3, 2004(Somniosus. Family Somniosidae (sleeper sharks))