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Squatina
Taxonomy
Squatina was named by Dumeril (1806) [Sepkoski's age data: ]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Squatiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Squatinidae by Woodward (1889), Case (1904), Eastman (1904), Jordan and Gilbert (1919), Jordan and Hanibal (1923), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Leriche (1926), White (1926), Bohm (1926), Leriche (1942), Casier (1946), Jordan (1963), Cassier (1966), Cappetta (1975), Cappetta and Case (1975), Case (1981), Thies (1983), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Long (1992), Biddle (1993), Yabe and Hirayama (1998), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Underwood (2002), Underwood (2004), Rees (2005), Kocsis (2007), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Otero et al. (2013), Underwood and Schlogl (2013), Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Reinecke and Radwanski (2015), Case et al. (2015), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Szabo et al. (2017), Kent (2018), Hoganson et al. (2019), Landini et al. (2019), Villafaña et al. (2020), Cicimurri et al. (2022), Feichtinger et al. (2024), Popov et al. (2025).
It was assigned to Squatiniformes by Sepkoski (2002); and to Squatinidae by Woodward (1889), Case (1904), Eastman (1904), Jordan and Gilbert (1919), Jordan and Hanibal (1923), Chapman and Cudmore (1924), Leriche (1926), White (1926), Bohm (1926), Leriche (1942), Casier (1946), Jordan (1963), Cassier (1966), Cappetta (1975), Cappetta and Case (1975), Case (1981), Thies (1983), Case and Schwimmer (1988), Müller and Diedrich (1991), Long (1992), Biddle (1993), Yabe and Hirayama (1998), Underwood and Mitchell (1999), Purdy et al. (2001), Peng et al. (2001), Underwood (2002), Underwood (2004), Rees (2005), Kocsis (2007), Cicimurri and Knight (2009), Otero et al. (2013), Underwood and Schlogl (2013), Carillo-Briceño et al. (2014), Reinecke and Radwanski (2015), Case et al. (2015), Hastings and Dooley (2017), Szabo et al. (2017), Kent (2018), Hoganson et al. (2019), Landini et al. (2019), Villafaña et al. (2020), Cicimurri et al. (2022), Feichtinger et al. (2024), Popov et al. (2025).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1806 | Squatina Dumeril |
| 1889 | Squatina Woodward p. 65 |
| 1904 | Squatina Case p. 74 |
| 1904 | Squatina Eastman p. 71 |
| 1919 | Squatina Jordan and Gilbert p. 23 |
| 1923 | Squatina Jordan and Hanibal p. 58 |
| 1924 | Squatina Chapman and Cudmore p. 136 |
| 1926 | Squatina Bohm p. 81 |
| 1926 | Squatina Leriche p. 382 |
| 1926 | Squatina White p. 41 |
| 1942 | Squatina Leriche p. 55 |
| 1946 | Squatina Casier p. 52 |
| 1963 | Squatina Jordan p. 602 |
| 1966 | Squatina Cassier p. 57 |
| 1975 | Squatina Cappetta p. 123 |
| 1975 | Squatina Cappetta and Case p. 9 |
| 1981 | Squatina Case p. 67 |
| 1983 | Squatina Thies p. 41 |
| 1988 | Squatina Case and Schwimmer p. 294 |
| 1991 | Squatina Müller and Diedrich p. 21 |
| 1992 | Squatina Long p. 20 |
| 1993 | Squatina Biddle p. 199 |
| 1998 | Squatina Yabe and Hirayama p. 39 |
| 1999 | Squatina Underwood and Mitchell |
| 2001 | Squatina Peng et al. p. 10 |
| 2001 | Squatina Purdy et al. p. 97 |
| 2002 | Squatina Sepkoski |
| 2002 | Squatina Underwood |
| 2004 | Squatina Underwood p. 115 |
| 2005 | Squatina Rees p. 216 |
| 2007 | Squatina Kocsis p. 30 |
| 2009 | Squatina Cicimurri and Knight p. 629 |
| 2013 | Squatina Otero et al. p. 23 figs. Fg. 6: 21-24 |
| 2013 | Squatina Underwood and Schlogl p. 490 |
| 2014 | Squatina Carillo-Briceño et al. p. 82 |
| 2015 | Squatina Case et al. p. 1121 |
| 2015 | Squatina Reinecke and Radwanski p. 7 |
| 2017 | Squatina Hastings and Dooley p. 83 |
| 2017 | Squatina Szabo et al. |
| 2018 | Squatina Kent p. 60 |
| 2019 | Squatina Hoganson et al. p. 18 |
| 2019 | Squatina Landini et al. p. 355 |
| 2020 | Squatina Villafaña et al. |
| 2022 | Squatina Cicimurri et al. |
| 2024 | Squatina Feichtinger et al. p. 15 |
| 2025 | Squatina Popov et al. |
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G. †Squatina Dumeril 1806
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Subg. †Squatina (Cretascyllium) Müller and Diedrich 1991
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†Squatina (Cretascyllium) cranei Woodward 1888
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Invalid names: Cretascyllium expansum Müller and Diedrich 1991 [synonym], Squatina decipiens Dalinkevičius 1935 [synonym]
Subg. Squatina (Squatina) Dumeril 1805
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†Squatina (Squatina) fortemordeo Siversson et al. 2015
†Squatina (Squatina) lundegreni Siversson et al. 2015
†Squatina angeloides Van Beneden 1873
†Squatina baumbergensis von der Marck 1885
†Squatina biforis Le Hon 1871
†Squatina crassa Daimeries 1889
†Squatina crassidens Woodward 1889
Squatina dumeril Lesueur 1818
†Squatina frequens Underwood 2002
†Squatina gippslandicus Chapman and Cudmore 1924
†Squatina hassei Leriche 1929
†Squatina lerichei Jordan and Beal 1910
†Squatina muelleri Reuss 1846
†Squatina occidentalis Eastman 1904
†Squatina prima Winkler 1874
†Squatina speciosa von Meyer 1856
†Squatina squatina Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available