Notoraja martinezi

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 martinezi

Name

Notoraja martinezi Concha et al., 2016

• Holotype: MEPN 18198 .
• Paratypes: USNM 422638, 421575, 421352.

Type locality: off Ecuador, eastern Central Pacific Ocean (0° 28’ 39.14” S; 81° 7’ 9.67” W), 1256–1308 m depth.

Etymology: The species is named in recognition of Jimmy Martínez, an Ecuadorian Biologist, who collected and kindly provided the holotype of the species.

Vernacular names

English: Barbedwire-tailed skate
español: raya de púas

References

• Concha, F.J., Ebert, D.A. & Long, D.J. 2016. Notoraja martinezi sp. nov., a new species of deepwater skate and the first record of the genus Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 (Rajiformes: Arhynchobatidae) from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Zootaxa 4098(1): 179–190. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4098.1.9.Reference page.