Negligible Senescence

  • Arctica (A. islandica): ocean quahog clam, 500+ years
  • Somniosus (S. microcephalus): Greenland shark, 270 to 400+ years
  • Balaena (B. mysticetus): bowhead whale, 200+ years
  • Sebastes (S. aleutianus): rougheye rockfish, 200+ years
  • Leiopathes (L. glaberrima): black coral, 4,000+ years
  • Monorhaphis (M. chuni): glass sponge, roughly 11,000 years
  • Homarus (H. americanus, H. gammarus): lobsters
  • Mesocentrotus (M. franciscanus): red sea urchin, formerly classified under Strongylocentrotus
  • Aldabrachelys (A. gigantea) and Chelonoidis (Galápagos tortoises): 150+ years
  • Sphenodon (S. punctatus): tuatara, 100+ years
  • Heterocephalus (H. glaber): naked mole-rat, 30+ years with flat mortality risk
  • Proteus (P. anguinus): olm, up to about 100 years
  • Actinia: some sea anemones, with specimens living 80+ years in captivity
  

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