Species Aptychotrema timorensis Last, 2004

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• Aptychotrema timorensis Last, P.R. 2004. Rhinobatos sainsburyi n.sp. and Aptychotrema timorensis n.sp. —Two New Shovelnose Rays (Batoidea: Rhinobatidae) from the Eastern Indian Ocean. Records of the Australian Museum 56: 201-208 [203, figs 1-2].

  Type data:

   Holotype CSIRO CA.1258, north of Bathurst Island, NT [10°14'S, 130°03'E].

 

Miscellaneous Literature Names

• Aptychotrema sp. A. —
  Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [284] (figure of holotype)
• Aptychotrema sp. 2. —
  Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [44] (figure of holotype)
• Aptychotrema sp. —
  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. [31] (figure is of holotype)

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

North of Houtman Abrolhos Islands, WA to Timor Sea north of Bathurst Island, NT; tropical

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IMCRA

Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Central Western Shelf Transition (28), Central Western Shelf Province (29)

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, continental shelf, marine, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

124 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. [31] (as Aptychotrema sp. 2)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [284] (as Aptychotrema sp. A)

Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 2009. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Australia 2, 550 pp. [309]

Sainsbury, K.J., Kailola, P.J. & Leyland, G.G. 1984. Continental Shelf Fishes of Northern and North-Western Australia. Canberra : Fisheries Information Service 375 pp. figs & pls. [44] (as Aptychotrema sp. 2)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
16-Apr-2012		16-Apr-2012	MODIFIED
10-Mar-2010		10-Mar-2010	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)