Species Notoraja hirticauda Last & McEachran, 2006
Ghost Skate
- Notoraja hirticauda Last, P.R. & McEachran, J.D. 2006. Notoraja hirticauda, a new species of skate (Chondrichthyes: Rajoidei) from the south-eastern Indian Ocean. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 63(1): 65-75 [66, figs 1-8].
Type data:
Holotype CSIRO H.1816-02, west of Shark Bay, WA [26°38'S, 112°09'E].
Paratype(s) CSIRO CA.2820-2824; CSIRO H.1816-03; CSIRO H.1822-01; CSIRO H.2574-06.
Miscellaneous Literature Names
- Notoraja sp. C [sp. B on figure caption]. —
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [312]
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Off Shark Bay (26°44'S) to off Nickol Bay (116°45'E), WA; tropical.
Australian Endemic.
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental slope, marine, soft bottom.
Extra Ecological Information
500–760 m
General References
Last, P.R. & Stevens, J.D. 1994. Sharks and Rays of Australia. Canberra : CSIRO Australia 513 pp. 84 pls. [312, figs 33, 34.5, pl. 50] (as Notoraja sp. C, figure captions incorrect as Notoraja sp. B)
History of changes
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