Definition of Somniosidae. Meaning of Somniosidae. Synonyms of Somniosidae

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Definition of Somniosidae

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- The Somniosidae are a family of sharks in the order Squaliformes, commonly known as sleeper sharks. The common name "sleeper shark" comes from their slow...
- known as the gurry shark or grey shark, is a large shark of the family Somniosidae ("sleeper sharks"), closely related to the pacific and southern sleeper...
- sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) is a sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, measuring up to 4.4 m (14 ft) in length, although it could possibly...
- antarcticus), is a deepwater benthopelagic sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae found in the southern and subantarctic extremes of the Atlantic, Indian...
- adapt to the deep sea. The common ancestor of Dalatiidae, Etmopteridae, Somniosidae, and Oxynotidae possessed a luminous organ and used bioluminescence for...
- a widely distributed genus of deepwater dogfish sharks in the family Somniosidae. Several members of the genus are believed to attain lengths up to 7 m...
- (Somniosidae), a family of slow-swimming sharks Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis), a species of sleeper sharks in the family Somniosidae Roughskin...
- Centroscymnus is a genus of squaliform sleeper sharks in the family Somniosidae and of the phylum chordata. Centroscymnus coelolepis Barbosa du Bocage...
- (Rhinoscymnus) cheni sp. nov., a new species of sleeper shark (Squaliformes: Somniosidae) from eastern Taiwan, with aspects of embryo biology". Zoological Studies...
- only member of the genus Zameus, is a small sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae, found around the world between latitudes 64°N and 48°S, from the surface...