Bathyraja panthera

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rajiformes
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 Superordo: Rajomorphii Ordo: Rajiformes

Familia: Rajidae
Subfamilia: Arhynchobatinae
Tribus: Arhynchobatini
Genus: Bathyraja
Species: Bathyraja panthera

Name

Bathyraja panthera Orr, Stevenson, Hoff, Spies & McEachran, 2011

Holotype: UW 116980, 1 (1003 mm male), tissue.

Type locality: Western Aleutian Islands, 53.1124ºN, 170.9038ºE, 99 m depth, 8 July 2006, B. Knoth, FV Sea Storm, cruise 2006-01, haul 128.

Allotype: UW 113476, 1 (1050 mm female), tissue, western Aleutian Islands, 51.53ºN, 178.56ºE, 144 m depth, July 2003, E. A. Logerwell, FV Pacific Explorer, cruise 2003-01, haul 10, Genbank FJ869225.

Paratypes: 43 specimens, 197–1110 mm TL.

References

• Orr, J.W., Stevenson, D.E., Hoff, G.R., Spies, I. & McEachran, J.D. 2011: Bathyraja panthera, a new species of skate (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) from the western Aleutian Islands, and resurrection of the subgenus Arctoraja Ishiyama. NOAA Professional Paper NMFS, 11: 50pp. [1].