Amblyraja taaf ...

Amblyraja taaf (Meisner, 1987) Whiteleg Skate Raja taaf Meisner, 1987: 1840, figs. 1–2. Holotype: ZIK 91514. Type locality: Lena Bank, 53°01'S, 44°25'E, southwestern Indian Ocean. Local synonymy : Raja radiata ( non Donovan): Hulley, 1970: 193, fig. 13, pl. 7a; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58–...

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Main Authors: Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P., Kyne, Peter M.
Format: Text
Language:unknown
Published: Zenodo 2021
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Elasmobranchii
Rajiformes
Rajidae
Amblyraja
Amblyraja taaf
Dipturus
Antarctic
Kerguelen
Kerguelen Islands
Indian
Antarc*
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4687928
https://zenodo.org/record/4687928
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Summary:Amblyraja taaf (Meisner, 1987) Whiteleg Skate Raja taaf Meisner, 1987: 1840, figs. 1–2. Holotype: ZIK 91514. Type locality: Lena Bank, 53°01'S, 44°25'E, southwestern Indian Ocean. Local synonymy : Raja radiata ( non Donovan): Hulley, 1970: 193, fig. 13, pl. 7a; Hulley, 1972a: 86, figs. 58– 59; Hulley, 1986: 124, figs. 25.16; Compagno et al ., 1989: 88, pl. Raja ( Amblyraja ) radiata ( non Donovan): Compagno et al ., 1991: 93; Ebert et al ., 1991: 79. Amblyraja cf. radiata : Compagno, 1999: 116. Amblyraja taaf : Compagno & Ebert, 2007: 133, fig. 4c; Ebert & Compagno, 2007: 119; Ebert, 2015: 172, fig. 188; Ebert & van Hees, 2015: 147; Last et al ., 2016g: 217, fig. 19.8; Weigmann, 2016: 941. South Africa voucher material : SAM (2) uncatalogued specimens. South African distribution : Known from two specimens caught west of Cape Town (WC). Remarks : This appears to be a sub-Antarctic species that is presently known only from off Kerguelen Islands in addition to the one location off Cape Town (WC) ... : Published as part of Ebert, David A., Wintner, Sabine P. & Kyne, Peter M., 2021, An annotated checklist of the chondrichthyans of South Africa, pp. 1-127 in Zootaxa 4947 (1) on pages 78-79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4947.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4614567 ...

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