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: Rajinae
Genus: Zearaja
Species (3): Z. chilensis – Z. maugeana – Z. nasuta
Name
Zearaja Whitley, 1939. Type species: Raja nasuta Müller and Henle, 1841, by original designation.
References
Last, P.R.; Gledhill, D.C. 2007: The Maugean skate, Zearaja maugeana sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae) - a micro-endemic, Gondwanan relict from Tasmanian estuaries. Zootaxa, 1494: 45–65.
Whitley, G.P. 1939: Taxonomic notes on sharks and rays. Australian zoologist, 9: 227–262.
Zearaja is a small genus of skates in the family Rajidae. It currently consists of four described species found in oceans off New Zealand, Tasmania and southern South America.[1][2]
Species
There are four species in the genus:[2]
Zearaja argentinensis (Díaz de Astarloa, Mabragaña, Hanner & Figueroa, 2008) (Argentine skate)
Zearaja chilensis (Guichenot, 1848) (Yellownose skate)
Zearaja maugeana Last & Gledhill, 2007 (Maugean skate)
Zearaja nasuta (J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841) (New Zealand rough skate)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Zearaja in FishBase. April 2006 version.
Last, P.R.; Weigman, S.; Yang, L. (2016). "Changes to the nomenclature of the skates (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes)". In Last, P.R.; Yearsley, G.R. (eds.). Rays of the World: Supplementary Information. CSIRO Special Publication. pp. 11–34. ISBN 9781486308019.
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