aculeata, Squatina Cuvier [G.] (ex Duméril) 1829:394 [Le Règne Animal (Edition 2) v. 2; ref. 995] Off Marseille, France, western Mediterranean Sea. Holotype (unique): MNHN 0000-1218. Type catalog: Bertin 1939:77 [ref. 20739] but dated to Duméril 1865. Available from footnote as, "Squat. aculaeta, Dumer., de la Méditerranée, une ranagée de fortes épines le long du dos." •Valid as Squatina aculeata Cuvier 1829 -- (Krefft 1973:49 [ref. 7166], Compagno 1984:140 [ref. 6474], Roux in Whitehead et al. 1984:148 [ref. 13675], Capapé 1987:22 [ref. 39326], Springer 1990:77 [ref. 19315], Bianchi & Carpenter in Bianchi et al. 1993:85 [ref. 25472], Golani 1996:20 [ref. 22271], Compagno 1999:475 [ref. 25589], Bilecenoğlu et al. 2002:18 [ref. 26753], Golani 2005:12 [ref. 37112], Fricke et al. 2007:16 [ref. 29533], Last & White 2008:2 [ref. 29746], Stelbrink et al. 2009:[3] 397 [ref. 41378], Weigmann 2016:69 [ref. 34211], Acero P. et al. 2016:583 [ref. 34531], Carneiro et al. 2019:39 [ref. 37250], Compagno 2016:1212 [ref. 34544] with author as Duméril in Cuvier, Almeida & Biscoito 2019:116 [ref. 37302], Giovos et al. 2019:4 [ref. 37099], Reiner 2019:23 [ref. 38139], Bariche & Fricke 2020:29 [ref. 37515], Kabasakal 2020:55 [ref. 37952], Serena et al. 2020:502 [ref. 37963], Zava et al. 2020:404 [ref. 38002], Giovos et al. 2021:6 [ref. 38895], Golani 2021:9 [ref. 38303], Kovačić et al. 2021:13 [ref. 39014], Barone et al. 2022:39 [ref. 39527], Fermon et al. 2022:101 [ref. 39448], Yapici & Yalgin in Montesanto et al. 2022:989 [ref. 39977]; Zava et al. 2022:287 [ref. 40345], Balàka et al. 2023:7 [ref. 40410], Shakman et al. 2023:463 [ref. 40810], Deval in Digenis et al. 2024:102 [ref. 40958], Leeney 2024:38 [ref. 40985]). Current status: Valid as Squatina aculeata Cuvier 1829. Squatinidae. Distribution: Mediterranean Sea; eastern Atlantic: southern Portugal south to Namibia, including Selvagens Islands (Portugal) and São Tomé and Principe. Habitat: marine.