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Rannsóknir á hákörlum (somniosus microcephalus)  

Assessing the reproductive biology of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) 
Nielsen J, Hedeholm RB, Lynghammar A, McClusky LM, Berland B, et al. (2020) PLOS ONE 15(10)

Biology of the Greenland shark Somniosus microcephalus"

MacNeil, M. A., McMeans, B. C., Hussey, N. E. Vecsei, P., Svavarsson, J. Kovacs, et al (2012). Journal of Fish Biology 80 (5).

Distribution, reproduction and feeding of the Greenland shark Somniosus (Somniosus) microcephalus, with notes on two other sleeper sharks, Somniosus (Somniosus) pacificus and Somniosus(Somniosus) antarcticus K. Yano, J. D. Stevens, L. J. V. Compagno, et al (2007). Journal of Fish Biology 70 (2).

Diet and resource use among Greenland sharks (Somniosus microcephalus) and teleosts sampled in Icelandic waters, using δ13C, δ15N, and mercury, Bailey C. McMeans, Jörundur Svavarsson, Susan Dennard, Aaron T. Fisk (2010).  Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67 (9).

Eye lens radiocarbon reveals centuries of longevity in the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) Julius Nielsen, Rasmus B Hedeholm, Jan Heinemeier, Peter G Bushnell, Jørgen S Christiansen  et al. (2016). Science 363 (6300).

Neuropathological evaluation of a vertebrate brain aged ~ 245 years.​ Daniel Erny, Klara B. Jakobsdóttir, Marco Prinz. (2020). Acta Neuropathologica 141. 

Origins of the Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus): Impacts of ice-olation and introgression, Ryan P. Walter, Denis Roy, Nigel E. Hussey, Björn Stelbrink, Kit M. Kovacs, Christian Lydersen, Bailey C. McMeans, Jörundur Svavarsson, Steven T. Kessel, et al. (2017). Ecology and Evolution 

The first report of meningitis in a Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus). James E.F. Barnett,  Ladislav Novotny,  Richard I. Fox, Cally Ham,  Shinto K. John,  Shaheed K. MacGregor et al. (2023). Journal of Comparative Pathology 203.

The Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus) Diet, tracking and radiocarbon age estimates reveal the world’s oldest vertebrate. Julius Nielsen. PhD thesis. (2017)

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