Bathyraja eatonii (Günther, 1876)

Description


Common Names


No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy


Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Elasmobranchii

Order: Rajiformes

Family: Arhynchobatidae

Genus: Bathyraja

Species: Bathyraja eatonii (Günther, 1876)

Climate Zone


  • demersal
  • Location


  • Southern Ocean: common on the Kerguelen Plateau, around South Orkney and South Shetland islands. In the Antarctic Peninsula, it occurs in the northeastern Weddell Sea and on Gunnerus Ridge. A single record comes from the Pacific Ocean sector, in the Ross Sea. Southeast Pacific: Chile (Ref. 9068).
  • Biology


    Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205).

    Habitat


    demersal