Cruriraja

Life-forms

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: Gurgesiellidae
Genus: Cruriraja
Species (8): C. andamanica – C. atlantis – C. cadenati – C. durbanensis – C. hulleyi – C. parcomaculata – C. poeyi – C. rugosa
Name

Cruriraja Bigelow & Schroeder 1948: 549

Type species: Cruriraja atlantis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Bigelow, H.B. & Schroeder, W.C. 1948. New genera and species of batoid fishes. Journal of Marine Research 7: 543–566.

Cruriraja is a genus of skates in the family Gurgesiellidae.[1] They are primarily found in the warm West Atlantic (including the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico) and off southern Africa, but C. andamanica is from the Indian Ocean.
Species

Cruriraja andamanica (Lloyd, 1909) (Andaman leg skate)
Cruriraja atlantis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 (Atlantic leg skate)
Cruriraja cadenati Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 (Broadfoot leg skate)
Cruriraja durbanensis (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) (Smoothnose leg skate)
Cruriraja hulleyi Aschliman, Ebert & Compagno, 2010
Cruriraja parcomaculata (von Bonde & Swart, 1923) (Roughnose leg skate)
Cruriraja poeyi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 (Cuban leg skate)
Cruriraja rugosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1958 (Rough leg skate)

References

Weigmann, S., Séret, B., Last, P.R. & McEachran, J.D. 2016. Pygmy Skates, Family Gurgesiellidae. Pp. 473–493 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. ISBN 9780643109131. Reference page.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Cruriraja in FishBase. February 2011 version.