Okamejei ornata

Taxonavigation: Rajiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Classis: Chondrichthyes Subclassis: Elasmobranchii Superordo: Rajomorphii Ordo: Rajiformes

Familia: Rajidae
Subfamilia: Rajinae
Genus: Okamejei
Species: Okamejei ornata

Name

Okamejei ornata Weigmann et al., 2015

• Holotype: ZMH 25885.
• Paratypes: (9).

Type locality: Indian Ocean, off Socotra Islands (Yemen), 12116′6″N, 53108′2″E – 12114′7″N, 53106′2″E; 375–380 m depth.

Etymology: The specific name ornata (lat. ornatus = ornate) was used for the species dorsal color pattern of dark brown spots encircled with beige pigment and arranged into rosettes.

Vernacular names

• English: Ornate Skate

References

• Weigmann, S., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. 2015. Okamejei ornata n. sp., a new deep-water skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean off Socotra Islands. Deep-Sea Research II, 115: 18–29. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.09.005 Reference page.