Somniosus antarcticus — The Life Data

Animalia/Chordata/Elasmobranchii/Squaliformes/Somniosidae/Somniosus

At a glance

Occurrence records64

Data sources9

Biological traits6

DNA specimens1

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Somniosus antarcticus's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation9 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility26 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System38 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics1 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources6 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS64 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD1 specimens

01Narrative

The southern sleeper shark or Whitley's sleeper shark (Somniosus antarcticus) is a deepwater benthopelagic sleeper shark of the family Somniosidae found in the southern Atlantic, Indian, and Pacific Oceans.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology1

Body length438 cm

Habitat & environment2

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonebenthopelagic

Other traits3

Depth max1 150 m

Depth min485 m

Vulnerability90

05DNA & barcoding1 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Somniosus antarcticus has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens1

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

COI-5P

animal barcode

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type64 records

Wild obs. + sensor40

Museum / vouchered23

Other1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO176 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit1

200–1000 m twilight20

1–4 km midnight8

>4 km abyssal0

median 800 m · max 3 100 m · 29 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy80% within 1 km

≤1 km 8≤10 km 1>10 km 1

10 georeferenced · 30 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor40

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy93% within 1 km

≤100 m 3≤1 km 10≤10 km 1

14 georeferenced · 9 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence23

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions1 of 5 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record	10
Paris, FR	3
FishBaselocation not on record	1
Instituto Nacional de Investigacion y Desarrollo Pesquerolocation not on record	1
Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallerylocation not on record	1

5 institutions · 16 of 23 vouchered records shown · 1 without an institution code