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Bathyraja papilionifera Stehmann, 1985

Description

Common Names

  • Vlinderrog , Dutch , Netherlands
  • Butterfly skate , English , South Africa
  • Whitemouth skate , English , Uruguay
  • Libliklaik-süvarai , Estonian , Estonia
  • 阿根廷深海鰩 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 阿根廷深海鳐 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Raya , Spanish , Uruguay

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Elasmobranchii

    Order: Rajiformes

    Family: Arhynchobatidae

    Genus: Bathyraja

    Species: Bathyraja papilionifera Stehmann, 1985

    Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Southwest Atlantic: known from the type locality, off Argentina and Uruguay (Ref. 58839).

    • Biology

    Holotype taken from a depth between 940 and 1040 m (Ref. 26282). Oviparous (Ref. 50449). Eggs have horn-like projections on the shell (Ref. 205).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal