Notoraja longiventralis

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: Notoraja
Species: Notoraja longiventralis

Name

• Notoraja longiventralis Séret & Last, 2012

Type material: Holotype: MNHN 1999-0449. Paratypes (2): MNHN 2008-1389, 2008-1388.

Type locality: Southwestern Pacific, off Fijii Island, 18°0’S, 178°53’E, 660/666 m depth.[1]

Etymology: From the Latin longi (= long), and ventralis, in reference to the very long anterior lobe of the pelvic fin.

References

• Séret, B. & Last, P. R., 2012: New deep water skates of the genus Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 (Rajoidei, Arhynchobatidae) from the southwest Pacific. Zoosystema, 34 (2): 319–341.