Resurrection of Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 and description of a new species of deep-water skate from the South China Sea Notoraja subtilispinosa sp. nov. (Pisces, Batoidea, Rajidae)
Stehmann, M. (1989). Resurrection of Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 and description of a new species of deep-water skate from the South China Sea Notoraja subtilispinosa sp. nov. (Pisces, Batoidea, Rajidae), in: Forest, J. (Ed.) Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 4. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 143: pp. 247-260 In: Forest, J. (Ed.) (1989). Résultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM 4. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie, 143. Editions du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-150-4. 260 pp., more In: Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. Série A, Zoologie. Editions du Muséum: Paris. ISSN 0078-9747, more |   |
| Keywords | Taxa > New taxa > New genera
Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 [WoRMS]; Notoraja subtilispinosa Stehmann, 1989 [WoRMS]; Rajidae de Blainville, 1816 [WoRMS]
ISEW, Philippines [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract | After a more detailed investigation of its skeletal anatomy, the Japanese Bathyraja tobitukai (Hiyama, 1940) is removed from its genus and is considered as a species of Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958. The latter taxon is elevated to generic rank from its original status as a subgenus of Bathyraja Ishiyama, 1958. A single early adolescent specimen, obtained in 1980 during the MUSORSTOM 2 expedition from deep water off the northwestern Philippines, is described as the holotype of Notoraja subtilispinosa sp. nov. which is the second species of this, so far, monotypic genus. |
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