Genus Leucoraja Malm, 1877
- Leucoraja Malm, A.W. 1877. Göteborgs och Bohusläns fauna, Ryggradsdjuren. Göteborg. 1-674 pp. [121, 609].
Type species:
Raja fullonica Linnaeus, 1758 by subsequent designation, see Jordan, D.S. 1919. The genera of fishes. Part 3. Stanford University Publications, University Series 39: 285-410 [391].
Introduction
Leucoraja is typically recognised as a subgenus of Raja, but was elevated to generic status by McEachran & Dunn (1998).
Distribution
States
Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Extralimital distribution: Indian and Atlantic Oceans
IMCRA
Timor Province (2), Northwest Transition (3), Northwest Province (4), Central Western Transition (5), Central Western Province (6)
General References
McEachran, J.D. & Dunn, K.A. 1998. Phylogenetic analysis of skates, a morphologically conservative clade of elasmobranchs (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae). Copeia 1998(2): 271-290 [279]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 16-Apr-2012 | 16-Apr-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 15-Mar-2010 | ADDED |