Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Selachii > Superorder Squalomorphi > Order Squaliformes

Somniosidae

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Centroscymnus Bocage & Capello, 1864
Scymnodalatias
Scymnodon
Somniosus Lesueur, 1818

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Bokmål (Norwegian): håkjerringfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 English: sleeper sharks sources: Fishbase
 Norwegian: håkjerringfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: håkjerringfamilien
 Norwegian Nynorsk: håkjerringfamilien
 Nynorsk (Norwegian): håkjerringfamilien sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: håkäringhajar

Literature

basis of record

FishBase, version december 2007

Genbank

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External Links

GenBank
GBIF

Citation

WoRMS (2014). Somniosidae. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:267047

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment

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Importance

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GUID

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Last modified

2008-01-11 by Wim Decock

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