Notoraja inusitata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Rajiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Superordo: Rajomorphii Ordo: Rajiformes

Familia: Rajidae
Subfamilia: Arhynchobatinae
Tribus: Arhynchobatini
Genus: Notoraja
Species: Notoraja inusitata

Name

• Notoraja inusitata Séret & Last, 2012

Type material: Holotype: MNHN 2008-1638.

Type locality: Vanuatu, Espiritu Santo Island, Big Bay, 14°58.6’S, 166°52.5’E, 807/844 m depth.[1]

Etymology: The Latin inusitatus (= unusual, strange) was used to allude to the strange appearance of this ray, because the generic placement of it initially proved to be problematic.

References

• Séret, B. & Last, P. R., 2012: New deep water skates of the genus Notoraja Ishiyama, 1958 (Rajoidei, Arhynchobatidae) from the southwest Pacific. Zoosystema, 34 (2): 319–341.