Mitsukurinidae Jordan, 1898 - Goblin Sharks [=Scapanorhynchidae] Notes: Mitsukurinidae Jordan, 1898:201 [Ref
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FAMILY Mitsukurinidae Jordan, 1898 - goblin sharks [=Scapanorhynchidae] Notes: Mitsukurinidae Jordan, 1898:201 [ref. 2396] (family) Mitsukurina Scapanorhynchidae White, 1936a:4 [ref. 31933] (family) †Scapanorhynchus [currently a fossil genus] GENUS Mitsukurina Jordan, 1898 - goblin sharks [=Mitsukurina Jordan [D. S.], 1898:199] Notes: [ref. 2396]. Fem. Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898. Type by monotypy. Sometimes the species is placed in the fossil genus Scapanorhynchus Woodward, 1889. •Valid as Mitsukurina Jordan, 1898 -- (Springer 1973:12 [ref. 7162], Quéro in Whitehead et al. 1984:82 [ref. 13675], Compagno 1984:222 [ref. 6474], Nakaya & Shirai in Masuda et al. 1984:7 [ref. 6441], Bass & Compagno 1986:103 [ref. 5637], Cappetta 1987:92 [ref. 6348], Paxton et al. 1989:65 [ref. 12442], Gomon et al. 1994:146 [ref. 22532], Compagno 1999:477 [ref. 25589], Compagno 2001:69 [ref. 26323], Compagno 2003:425 [ref. 26984], Hoese & Gates 2006:67 [ref. 28997], White 2008:36 [ref. 30617], Castro 2011:202 [ref. 31457]). Current status: Valid as Mitsukurina Jordan, 1898. Mitsukurinidae. Species Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898 - goblin shark, elfin shark [=Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan [D. S.], 1898:200, Pls. 11-12, Scapanorhynchus dofleini Engelhardt [R.], 1912:644, Scapanorhynchus jordani Hussakof [L.], 1909:257, Figs. 1b, 2c&c'; Pl. 44, Scapanorhynchus mitsukurii White [E. G.], 1937:29, Odontaspis nasutus Bragança [C. de], 1904:49, Pl. 1 (figs. 1-1c)] Notes: [Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 3) v. 1 (no. 6); ref. 2396] Misaki, Sagami Sea, near Yokohama, Japan, Western North Pacific. Current status: Valid as Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898. Mitsukurinidae. Distribution: Nearly circumglobal in tropical and temperate seas. Habitat: marine. (dofleini) [Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 39 (nos 21/22); ref. 17459] Mayegawa, Sagami Bay, Japan. Current status: Synonym of Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898. Mitsukurinidae. Habitat: marine. (jordani) [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 26 (art. 19); ref. 14379] Japan. Current status: Synonym of Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898. Mitsukurinidae. Habitat: marine. (mitsukurii) [Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History v. 74 (art. 2); ref. 26324] Current status: Synonym of Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898. Mitsukurinidae. (nasutus) [Resultados das investigações scientificas feitas a bordo do Yacht "Amelia." v. 2; ref. 15118] Mar de Sezimbra, Portugal, depth 603 meters. Current status: Synonym of Mitsukurina owstoni Jordan, 1898. Mitsukurinidae. Habitat: marine.