A Second Species of Arctic Shark: Pacific Sleeper Shark Somniosus pacificus from Point Hope, Alaska
We report a dead, 229-cm-long Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, discovered in 1998 along the shore at Point Hope, Alaska. This is the first definitive record of this species from within the Arctic Circle, the first definitive report of a shark from the Chukchi Sea, and the first report of...
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ftsouthmissispun:oai:aquila.usm.edu:fac_pubs-4370 2023-07-30T04:00:25+02:00 A Second Species of Arctic Shark: Pacific Sleeper Shark Somniosus pacificus from Point Hope, Alaska Benz, George W. Hocking, Richard Kowunna, Abraham, Sr. Bullard, Stephen A. George, John C. 2004-03-01T08:00:00Z https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/3371 http://logon.lynx.lib.usm.edu/login?URL=http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00300-003-0589-6.pdf unknown The Aquila Digital Community https://aquila.usm.edu/fac_pubs/3371 http://logon.lynx.lib.usm.edu/login?URL=http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007%2Fs00300-003-0589-6.pdf Faculty Publications Life Sciences Marine Biology text 2004 ftsouthmissispun 2023-07-15T18:43:51Z We report a dead, 229-cm-long Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, discovered in 1998 along the shore at Point Hope, Alaska. This is the first definitive record of this species from within the Arctic Circle, the first definitive report of a shark from the Chukchi Sea, and the first report of a shark other than a Greenland shark from within the Arctic Circle. Text Arctic Chukchi Chukchi Sea Greenland Alaska The University of Southern Mississippi: The Aquila Digital Community Arctic Chukchi Sea Greenland Pacific Point Hope ENVELOPE(173.306,173.306,52.911,52.911) |
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We report a dead, 229-cm-long Pacific sleeper shark, Somniosus pacificus, discovered in 1998 along the shore at Point Hope, Alaska. This is the first definitive record of this species from within the Arctic Circle, the first definitive report of a shark from the Chukchi Sea, and the first report of a shark other than a Greenland shark from within the Arctic Circle. |
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Benz, George W. Hocking, Richard Kowunna, Abraham, Sr. Bullard, Stephen A. George, John C. |
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A Second Species of Arctic Shark: Pacific Sleeper Shark Somniosus pacificus from Point Hope, Alaska |
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A Second Species of Arctic Shark: Pacific Sleeper Shark Somniosus pacificus from Point Hope, Alaska |
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A Second Species of Arctic Shark: Pacific Sleeper Shark Somniosus pacificus from Point Hope, Alaska |
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A Second Species of Arctic Shark: Pacific Sleeper Shark Somniosus pacificus from Point Hope, Alaska |
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