WoRMS taxon details
Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, 1939
344688 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:344688)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Whitley, G. P. (1939). Taxonomic notes on sharks and rays. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 227-262, Pls. 20-22. [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Somniosus antarcticus Whitley, 1939. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=344688 on 2026-09-08
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Nomenclature
original description
Whitley, G. P. (1939). Taxonomic notes on sharks and rays. <em>Australian Zoologist.</em> v. 9 (pt 3): 227-262, Pls. 20-22. [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2026). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2026., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
context source (PeRMS)
Campos‐León, S.; Hernández‐Muñoz, S.; Huerta‐Beltrán, B. L.; Zavalaga, F.; Cevallos‐Garcias, A.; Ehemann, N. (2025). Peruvian Chondrichthyes biodiversity, marketing and conservation: a synthesis of current knowledge. <em>Journal of Fish Biology.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.70227 [details] Available for editors 
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context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
