Bathyraja abyssicola Gilbert 1896
Bathyraja abyssicola (Gilbert, 1896) Description : The egg cases of Bathyraja abyssicola (Figure 2) are large, 108 to 111 mm in length, with MAW about 67–69 % of ECL. Egg case surface texture coarse and very rough to the touch, striated, the surface is irregular and with rasplike denticles. LKW is...
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ftdatacite:10.5281/zenodo.6246884 2023-05-15T13:15:22+02:00 Bathyraja abyssicola Gilbert 1896 Ebert, David A. Davis, Chante D. 2007 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6246884 https://zenodo.org/record/6246884 unknown Zenodo http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFDC5F3DD7373813FF2C4949FFCEFFCA http://zoobank.org/0C16005C-21BC-4252-823E-C83515FCFF28 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.175296 http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFDC5F3DD7373813FF2C4949FFCEFFCA http://zoobank.org/0C16005C-21BC-4252-823E-C83515FCFF28 https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6246885 https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit Open Access Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode cc0-1.0 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess CC0 Biodiversity Taxonomy Animalia Chordata Elasmobranchii Rajiformes Arhynchobatidae Bathyraja Bathyraja abyssicola article-journal ScholarlyArticle Taxonomic treatment Text 2007 ftdatacite https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6246884 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.175296 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6246885 2022-04-01T12:18:12Z Bathyraja abyssicola (Gilbert, 1896) Description : The egg cases of Bathyraja abyssicola (Figure 2) are large, 108 to 111 mm in length, with MAW about 67–69 % of ECL. Egg case surface texture coarse and very rough to the touch, striated, the surface is irregular and with rasplike denticles. LKW is very narrow, <5 % of MAW and with a distinct groove between the lateral keel and case proper. This groove is not present in any other ENP skate egg case. Lateral keels extend onto horns and are also present on inner horns. Anterior apron border of egg case broad and concave, anterior horns more robust than posteriors at base, becoming flattened and threadlike at tips. Posterior apron is nearly straight, broad, and transverse, about 10 mm wider than anterior apron. Posterior horns long, about two times length of anteriors and about 1.2 times ECL, curved inwards, each tapering to a threadlike tip. Attachment fibers present, originating on lateral keel near the junction of exterior base of posterior horns and case. Egg cases removed from a single specimen was a light golden brown in color. Remarks : Bathyraja abyssicola is a large, deepwater species usually found on the continental slope between 362 and 2906 m, although most records of its capture have come from> 1,000 m deep (Zorzi & Anderson, 1988). It is considered to be a rare species, but recent deepwater surveys along the ENP continental slope have revealed this skate to be more common than previously thought (unpublished data). To the best of our knowledge this is the first confirmed record and description of the egg case of this species. Material examined : CAS 224336, 141.0 cm TL, west of Alexander Island, Washington (47.4935 N, 125.5185 W), 1428 m, 24 August 2004. : Published as part of Ebert, David A. & Davis, Chante D., 2007, Descriptions of skate egg cases (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Rajoidei) from the eastern North Pacific, pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 1393 on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.175296 : {"references": ["Gilbert, C. H. (1896) Report on the fishes collected in Bering Sea and the North Pacific during the summer of 1890. The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1893, 393 - 476.", "Zorzi, G. D. & Anderson, M. E. (1988) Records of the deep-sea skates, Raja (Amblyraja) badia Garman, 1899 and Bathyraja abyssicola (Gilbert, 1896) in the Eastern North Pacific, with a new key to California skates. California Fish & Game, 74 (2), 87 - 105."]} Text Alexander Island Bering Sea DataCite Metadata Store (German National Library of Science and Technology) Bering Sea Pacific Alexander Island ENVELOPE(-69.895,-69.895,-71.287,-71.287) |
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Bathyraja abyssicola (Gilbert, 1896) Description : The egg cases of Bathyraja abyssicola (Figure 2) are large, 108 to 111 mm in length, with MAW about 67–69 % of ECL. Egg case surface texture coarse and very rough to the touch, striated, the surface is irregular and with rasplike denticles. LKW is very narrow, <5 % of MAW and with a distinct groove between the lateral keel and case proper. This groove is not present in any other ENP skate egg case. Lateral keels extend onto horns and are also present on inner horns. Anterior apron border of egg case broad and concave, anterior horns more robust than posteriors at base, becoming flattened and threadlike at tips. Posterior apron is nearly straight, broad, and transverse, about 10 mm wider than anterior apron. Posterior horns long, about two times length of anteriors and about 1.2 times ECL, curved inwards, each tapering to a threadlike tip. Attachment fibers present, originating on lateral keel near the junction of exterior base of posterior horns and case. Egg cases removed from a single specimen was a light golden brown in color. Remarks : Bathyraja abyssicola is a large, deepwater species usually found on the continental slope between 362 and 2906 m, although most records of its capture have come from> 1,000 m deep (Zorzi & Anderson, 1988). It is considered to be a rare species, but recent deepwater surveys along the ENP continental slope have revealed this skate to be more common than previously thought (unpublished data). To the best of our knowledge this is the first confirmed record and description of the egg case of this species. Material examined : CAS 224336, 141.0 cm TL, west of Alexander Island, Washington (47.4935 N, 125.5185 W), 1428 m, 24 August 2004. : Published as part of Ebert, David A. & Davis, Chante D., 2007, Descriptions of skate egg cases (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Rajoidei) from the eastern North Pacific, pp. 1-18 in Zootaxa 1393 on pages 3-4, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.175296 : {"references": ["Gilbert, C. H. (1896) Report on the fishes collected in Bering Sea and the North Pacific during the summer of 1890. The ichthyological collections of the steamer Albatross during the years 1890 and 1891. Report of the U. S. Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries for 1893, 393 - 476.", "Zorzi, G. D. & Anderson, M. E. (1988) Records of the deep-sea skates, Raja (Amblyraja) badia Garman, 1899 and Bathyraja abyssicola (Gilbert, 1896) in the Eastern North Pacific, with a new key to California skates. California Fish & Game, 74 (2), 87 - 105."]} |
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