Amblyraja radiata Donovan 1808 ...

• Main Authors: Gordon, Cat A., Hood, Ali R., Ellis, Jim R.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2016
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Elasmobranchii; Rajiformes; Rajidae; Amblyraja; Amblyraja radiata; Arctic; Barents Sea; Scarborough; Iceland; Northeast Atlantic
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5631354; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.5631354

Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808) Distribution. Starry skate (A. radiata) is a boreo-Arctic species that, in the Northeast Atlantic, is common from the central North Sea to Iceland and the Barents Sea (Stehmann & Bürkel, 1984). Verified records submitted to the Great Eggcase Hunt were usually collected along North Sea coasts, from north Norfolk up to the Shetland Islands. However, one unusually large specimen (Figure 2 a) was reported in January 2015 from Borth, Cardigan Bay (Wales), which is outside the expected geographic range (see below). Material examined. Ninety-four eggcases were examined in total (excluding the unusual specimen collected from Borth). Specimens were obtained primarily from North Sea trawl surveys (n = 79) with additional specimens available from beach collections (n = 10) and museum specimens (n = 5) historically collected from Scarborough (North Sea coast, BMNH 1928.2.8.2.1–4, BMNH 1928.1.11.1). Specimens from the North Sea were captured at a range of trawl locations over the ... : Published as part of Gordon, Cat A., Hood, Ali R. & Ellis, Jim R., 2016, Descriptions and revised key to the eggcases of the skates (Rajiformes: Rajidae) and catsharks (Carcharhiniformes: Scyliorhinidae) of the British Isles, pp. 255-280 in Zootaxa 4150 (3) on pages 258-260, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4150.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/272101 ...