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Breviraja spinosa

Breviraja spinosa (SEFSC Pascagoula Laboratory; Collection of Brandi Noble, NOAA/NMFS/SEFSC )

Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: Chondrichthyes
Subclassis: Elasmobranchii
Superordo: Rajomorphii
Ordo: Rajiformes
Superfamilia: Rajoidea
Familia: Rajidae
Subfamilia: Rajinae
Genus: Breviraja
Species: Breviraja spinosa


Vernacular names
English: Spinose skate

References

* John D. McEachran and Richard E. Matheson, Jr., Polychromatism and Polymorphism in Breviraja spinosa (Elasmobranchii, Rajiformes), with Description of Three New Species, Copeia, Vol. 1985, No. 4 (Dec. 10, 1985), pp. 1035-1052.

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