Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Infraclassis: Euselachii
Division/Cohort: Neoselachii
Subdivision/Subcohort: Selachimorpha
Superordo: Squalomorphii
Ordo: Squaliformes
Familia: Dalatiidae
Genus: Mollisquama
Species: M. mississippiensis – M. parini
Name
Mollisquama Dolganov, 1984
Type species: Mollisquama parini Dolganov, 1984
References
Dolganov, V.N. 1984. A new shark from the family Squalidae caught on the Naska Submarine Ridge. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal 63: 1589–1591. (Russian) Reference page.
Grace, M.A., Doosey, M.H., Bart, H.L. & Naylor, G.J.P. 2015. First record of Mollisquama sp. (Chondrichthyes: Squaliformes: Dalatiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico, with a morphological comparison to the holotype description of Mollisquama parini Dolganov. Zootaxa 3948(3): 587–600. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3948.3.10. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Grace, M.A., Doosey, M.H., Denton, J.S.S., Naylor, G.J.P., Bart, H.L., Jr. & Maisey, J.G. 2019. A new western north Atlantic Ocean kitefin shark (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico. Zootaxa 4619(1): 109–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4619.1.4 Open access Reference page.
Mollisquama is a genus of pocket sharks in the family Dalatiidae. There are two known species each only known from a single specimen; one found off the coast of Chile and the other found in the Gulf of Mexico.[1]
Species
There are currently two known species:[1][2]
Mollisquama mississippiensis Grace, Doosey, Denton, Naylor, Bart & Maisey, 2019
Mollisquama parini Dolganov, 1984
References
Grace, Mark A.; Doosey, Michael H.; Denton, John S. S.; Naylor, Gavin J. P.; Bart, HENRY L. Jr; Maisey, John G. (2019-06-18). "A new Western North Atlantic Ocean kitefin shark (Squaliformes: Dalatiidae) from the Gulf of Mexico". Zootaxa. 4619 (1): 109–120. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4619.1.4. ISSN 1175-5334.
Katz, Brigit. "This New Shark Species Looks Like a Tiny Sperm Whale". Smithsonian. Retrieved 01 January 2021.
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