Heteroscymnus Tanaka 1912 (sleeper shark)

Chondrichthyes - Squaliformes - Somniosidae

Parent taxon: Somniosidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Centroscymnus, Centroselachus, Cretascymnus, Laemargus, Leiodon, Protoxynotus, Rhinoscymnus, Scymnodalatias, Somniosus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Heteroscymnus in the database

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