Species Irolita westraliensis Last & Gledhill, 2008

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• Irolita westraliensis Last, P.R. & Gledhill, D.C. 2008. A new species of round skate, Irolita westraliensis sp. nov. (Rajoidei: Arhynchobatidae), from northern Western Australia. pp. 173-181 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Pogonoski, J.J. & Gledhill, D.C. (eds). Description of new Australian skates (Batoidea: Rajoidei). CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper No. 021: 1-181 [173].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO H.3243–01, north-west of Port Hedland, WA [18°50'S,117°40'E].
  Paratype(s) CSIRO CA.2800; CSIRO CA.2801; CSIRO CA.3793; CSIRO CA.4216–CA.4217; CSIRO H.1503–01; CSIRO H.4069–01; CSIRO H.5189–01; WAM P.26193–004.

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Irolita sp. A. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls.
• Irolita waitii (McCulloch, 1911) [misidentification]. —
  Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Shark Bay to Imperieuse Reef, Rowley Shoals, WA; tropical

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29), Northwest Transition (3)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine.

Extra Ecological Information

140-210 m

 

General References

Gloerfelt-Tarp, T. & Kailola, P.J. 1984. Trawled Fishes of Southern Indonesia and Northwest Australia. Jakarta : Dir. Gen. Fish. (Indonesia), German Tech. Coop., Aust. Dev. Ass. Bur. 406 pp. (as Irolita waitii, a misidentification)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. (as Irolita sp. A)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [338]

 

Common Name References

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [338] (Western Round Skate)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
		11-Mar-2010	ADDED