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.

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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

Compagno, Leonard J. V. / Hamlett, William C., ed., 1999: Checklist of Living Elasmobranchs. Sharks, Skates, and Rays: The Biology of Elasmobranch Fishes. 471-498.
Compagno, Leonard J. V., 1984: Sharks of the World: An annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species known to date. FAO Fisheries Synopsis, no. 125, vol. 4, pt. 1.
Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012)
Eschmeyer online (Jun 2012)
Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R.; van der Laan, R. (eds). (2018). Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. Electronic version.
Eschmeyer, William N., ed., 1998: Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. 2905.
FishBase
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2018). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (10/2018).
J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 1 (9)
Kullander (2007) Nationalnyckeln Broskfiskar manus
Lesueur, C.A. (1818). Description of several new species of North American fishes. J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1(2): 222-235; 359-368, Pls. 10, 11, 14.
Nelson, Joseph S., 1994: null. Fishes of the World, Third Edition. xvii + 600.
Nomenclator Zoologicus (auth. adjusted as per Eschmeyer)
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006).
SN2000/Eschmeyer, 2004-present
Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560.
WoRMS (Mar 2013)
WoRMS (Mar 2013)
van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 357-374