First record of a sleeper shark in the western Gulf of Mexico and comments on taxonomic uncertainty within Somniosus (Somniosus)

Bulletin of Marine Science

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-351

  Benz, George W ^a   Hoffmayer, Eric R ^b   Driggers III, William B ^c   Allen, Dan ^d   Bishop, Lougan E ^a,e   Brown, David A ^f  

^a MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

^d Chevron Gulf of Mexico Business Unit   (United States)

^e Shell EP Europe ^*  (United States)

^f Shell EP Europe   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP-SEA BENTHOS; NEW RECORD; REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLE; SHARK; TAXONOMY;

ALAMINOS CANYON; ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MEXICO;

CHONDRICHTHYES; SOMNIOSIDAE; SOMNIOSUS; SOMNIOSUS MICROCEPHALUS;

EID: 34247872952     PISSN: 00074977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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