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  2. Greenland shark - Wikipedia

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    Greenland shark at Admiralty Inlet, Nunavut, with an Ommatokoita. The Greenland shark is a thickset species, with a short, rounded snout, small eyes, and small dorsal and pectoral fins. [9] The gill openings are very small for the species' great size. Female Greenland sharks are typically larger than males. [13]

  3. Somniosidae - Wikipedia

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    Somniosus cheni Hsu, Lin, & Joung, 2020 (Taiwan sleeper shark) Somniosus longus Tanaka, 1912 (frog shark) Somniosus microcephalus Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801 (Greenland shark) Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (Pacific sleeper shark) Somniosus rostratus Risso, 1827 (little sleeper shark) Somniosus sp. A Not yet described (longnose ...

  4. Ommatokoita - Wikipedia

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    However, a specimen has been found on the skin of the great lanternshark (Etmopterus princeps), which has been assigned to the genus but not the species. [2] Ommatokoita elongata is a 30 mm (1.2 in) long pinkish-white parasitic copepod, frequently found permanently attached to the corneas of the Greenland shark and Pacific sleeper shark.

  5. An elusive creature of the deep can live for centuries ... - AOL

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    The rarely seen Greenland shark is a sluggish creature, slowly swimming through the deep waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. The polar fish is the only species of shark that can ...

  6. Rarely seen shark — over 100 years old — washes ashore in ...

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    Along an icy coast of Greenland, locals spotted the body of a rarely seen deep-sea creature. Wildlife officials identified the stranded animal as a 100-year-old shark.

  7. Shark week: Map shows where biggest species are found in UK ...

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    Greenland shark Scientists recently discovered that this extraordinary fish was the longest-living vertebrate on earth. One female in the north Atlantic was found to be 400 years old.

  8. Somniosus - Wikipedia

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    Somniosus cheni Hsu, Lin, & Joung, 2020 (Taiwan sleeper shark) †Somniosus gonzalezi Welton & Goedert, 2016 – fossil, Oligocene; Somniosus longus Tanaka, 1912 (frog shark) Somniosus microcephalus (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Greenland shark) Somniosus pacificus Bigelow & Schroeder, 1944 (Pacific sleeper shark)

  9. List of sharks - Wikipedia

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    The first shark-like chondrichthyans appeared in the oceans 400 million years ago, [1] developing into the crown group of sharks by the Early Jurassic. [2] Listed below are extant species of shark. Sharks are spread across 512 described and 23 undescribed species in eight orders. The families and genera within the orders are listed in ...