Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

<I>Proscymnodon plunketi</I>

Proscymnodon plunketi

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Family SOMNIOSIDAE

Sleeper Sharks


Compiler and date details

27 May 2011 - Douglass F. Hoese & Jennifer E. Gates

Introduction

Currently, worldwide the Somniosidae comprises seven genera and 18 species. The six genera and eight species known from Australia are treated in Last & Stevens (2009) and White (2008). Other species are treated in Compagno et al. (2005).

Species included here were previously placed in the Dalatiidae (Hoese et al. 2006) and before that in the family Squalidae.

Sleeper sharks live near the bottom on the continental shelf and oceanic areas from depths of 200 to over 3500 m. They vary in size as adults from 70 cm to at least 6 m.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012 16-Apr-2012 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)