Somniosus microcephalus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Squaliformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha Superordo: Squalomorphii Ordo: Squaliformes

Familia: Somniosidae
Genus: Somniosus
Species: Somniosus microcephalus

Name

Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801)

Synonyms

Squalus carcharias non Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus squatina non Linnaeus, 1758
Squalus microcephalus Bloch & Schneider, 1801 (protonym)
Somniosus brevipinna Lesueur, 1818
Squalus borealis Scoresby, 1820
Squalus norvegianus Blainville, 1825
Scymnus gunneri Thienemann, 1828
Scymnus glacialis Faber, 1829
Scymnus micropterus Valenciennes, 1832
Leiodon echinatum Wood, 1846: 174
?Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, 1939

References

Bloch, M. E. and Schneider, J. G. 1801. M. E. Blochii, Systema Ichthyologiae iconibus cx illustratum. Post obitum auctoris opus inchoatum absolvit, correxit, interpolavit Jo. Gottlob Schneider, Saxo. Berolini. Sumtibus Auctoris Impressum et Bibliopolio Sanderiano Commissum. Systema Ichthyol. i-lx + 1-584.

Vernacular names

English: Greenland Shark
galego: Tiburón de Groenlandia
magyar: Grönlandi cápa
ไทย: ปลาฉลามกรีนแลนด์
Türkçe: Grönland köpek balığı
中文: 小頭睡鯊

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