Somniosus Lesueur, 1818

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

GENUS

Published in

Lesueur, Charles A. 1818. Description of several new species of North American fishes. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1(2): 222-235, 359-368, pl. 10, 11, 14.

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Chordata

class

Elasmobranchii

order

Squaliformes

family

Somniosidae

genus

Somniosus

Name

Synonyms

Brevisomniosus Quéro, 1976

Heteroscymnus Tanaka, 1912

Laemargus Krøyer, 1837

Leidon Wood, 1846

Leiodon Wood, 1846

Rhinoscymnus Gill, 1865

Somnolentus Swainson, 1838

Homonyms

Somniosus Lesueur, 1818

Common names

sleeper shark in English

sleeper sharks in English

håkäringar in Swedish

håkäringar in Swedish

オンデンザメ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

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17. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
18. WoRMS (Mar 2013)
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