Mola mola, (LINNAEUS, 1758)

Nyegaard, Marianne, Sawai, Etsuro, Gemmell, Neil, Gillum, Joanne, Loneragan, Neil R., Yamanoue, Yusuke & Stewart, Andrew L., 2018, Hiding in broad daylight: molecular and morphological data reveal a new ocean sunfish species (Tetraodontiformes: Molidae) that has eluded recognition, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 182, pp. 631-658 : 641

publication ID

B1F46B7-CC61-41FB-BB18-3D1108B9ECF6

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B1F46B7-CC61-41FB-BB18-3D1108B9ECF6

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14812814

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03CE3B7A-2A01-9E6B-FC7B-FB6C1CE3FA10

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Mola mola
status

 

MOLA MOLA ( LINNAEUS, 1758) View in CoL

Mola mola ( Linnaeus, 1758) View in CoL . No known holotype ( Parenti, 2003; Eschmeyer et al., 2017)

Distribution: Currently thought to be widely distributed in all the world’s oceans except for the polar seas, however may be relatively uncommon in some areas (e.g. around Australia and New Zealand).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Tetraodontiformes

Family

Molidae

Genus

Mola

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