Platyrhina psomadakisi

Taxonavigation: Rhinopristiformes

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 Infraclassis: Euselachii Division/Cohort: Neoselachii Subdivision/Subcohort: Batoidea Superordo: Batomorphii Ordo: Rhinopristiformes

Familia: Rhinobatidae
Genus: Platyrhina
Species: Platyrhina psomadakisi

Name

Platyrhina psomadakisi White & Last, 2016

• Holotype: CSIRO H 7861-01.
• Paratypes: CSIRO H 7859-01, H 7860-01, Department of Fisheries, Yangon (specimen 604).

Type locality: west of Lord Loughborough Island, Andaman Sea, Myanmar, 10°20’58” N, 97°46’8” E, 69 m depth.

Etymology: Named after Dr Peter N. Psomadakis whose efforts to obtain valuable specimens of sharks and rays, as well as many teleosts, from a number of poorly sampled locations in the northern Indian Ocean have greatly improved our understanding of the biogeography of this complex region.

Vernacular names

English: Andaman Fanray

References

• White, W.T. & Last, P.R. 2016. Platyrhina psomadakisi sp. nov., a new species of fanray (Batoidea: Platyrhinidae) from the Andaman Sea, the first record of this family in the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4121(5): 533–544. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4121.5.3. Reference page.