Aptychotrema timorensis

Taxonavigation: Rhinopristiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea Superordo: Batomorphii Ordo: Rhinopristiformes

Familia: Trygonorrhinidae
Genus: Aptychotrema
Species: Aptychotrema timorensis

Name

Aptychotrema timorensis Last, 2004

• Holotype (unique): CSIRO CA 1258.

Type locality: North of Bathurst Island, Northern Territory, Australia, 10°14'S, 130°03'E, depth 124 meters.

Etymology: –ensis, suffix denoting place: Timor Sea, type locality. (From: The ETYFish project).

Vernacular names

English: Spotted Shovelnose Ray

References

• Last, P.R. 2004. Rhinobatos sainsburyi n. sp. and Aptychotrema timorensis n. sp. -- two new shovelnose rays (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from the eastern Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2): 201–208. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Aptychotrema timorensis in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Aptychotrema timorensis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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