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Somniosus
Sign in to saveSomniosus is a widely distributed genus of deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae. Several members of the genus are believed to attain lengths up to , thus ranking among the largest of sharks.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderSqualiformes
- FamilySomniosidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 10
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Somniosidae
- Collections
- UF, YPM, CAS, UMZC, SAMA
- Recorded in
- United States, Noordzee
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Somniosus is a widely distributed genus of deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae. Several members of the genus are believed to attain lengths up to , 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)
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