Description of collection and mitochondrial sequence genetics‐based data for Somniosids included in the present study. n, sample size; S, number of polymorphic sites; h, number of haplotypes; Hd, haplotype diversity; k, average number of sequence pairwise differences; π, nucleotide diversity. Sample sites are AK, Alaska; CS, Cumberland Sound; DI, Disko Island; GF, Grice Fjord; IC, Iceland; KP, Kakiak Point; MB, Maxwell Bay; NS, Nova Scotia; RB, Resolute Bay; SI, Scott Inlet; SV, Svalbard; GM, Gulf of Mexico; MA, Mid‐Atlantic Ridge; GB, GenBank