Rajella lintea Fries 1839, new combination ...
Rajella lintea (Fries, 1839), new combination Raja lintea Fries, 1839. Holotype: stuffed female NRM 206a, but probably lost. Synonyms: Raja ingolfiana Lütken, 1898; Raja (Dipturus) lintea of McEachran and Miyake (1990); Dipturus linteus (Fries, 1838) of McEachran and Dunn (1998). Diagnosis. A medium...
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| Summary: | Rajella lintea (Fries, 1839), new combination Raja lintea Fries, 1839. Holotype: stuffed female NRM 206a, but probably lost. Synonyms: Raja ingolfiana Lütken, 1898; Raja (Dipturus) lintea of McEachran and Miyake (1990); Dipturus linteus (Fries, 1838) of McEachran and Dunn (1998). Diagnosis. A medium-sized amphi-North Atlantic rajid species of genus Rajella growing to at least 125 cm TL. Tail length from mid-anus to tip nearly equal to body length; dorsal fins with bases mostly confluent; postdorsal tail section very short. Clasper postanus length of mature male less than 40% of tail length, with only terminal region exceeding tip of posterior pelvic lobes. Sides of tail very densely covered with a band of dermal denticles and sharply delimited from smooth back of tail along the course of median thorns. A regular median row of 39–44 close-set large thorns persisting from smallest young onward from directly behind shoulder girdle to first dorsal fin; a regular row of 50–60 strong, hooked thornlets along each ... : Published as part of Stehmann, Matthias F. W., 2012, Complementary redescription of Raja lintea Fries, 1839 (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) and its revised generic assignment, pp. 44-68 in Zootaxa 3331 on pages 46-64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.281245 ... |
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