Gurgesiella

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: Gurgesiella
Species (3): G. atlantica – G. dorsalifera – G. furvescens
Name

Gurgesiella de Buen, 1959: 184

Type species: Gurgesiella furvescens de Buen, 1959, by original designation.
References
Primary references

de Buen, F. 1959. Notas preliminares sobre la fauna marina preabismal de Chile, con descripción de una familia de rayas, dos géneros y siete especies nuevos. Boletín del Museo Nacional de Chile 27(3): 171–201. Reference page.

Links

Gurgesiella in the World Register of Marine Species

Gurgesiella is a genus of fish in the family Gurgesiellidae. These relatively small deep-water skates are found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans off South and Central America.[1]
Species

Gurgesiella atlantica (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962) (Atlantic pygmy skate)
Gurgesiella dorsalifera McEachran & Compagno, 1980 (Onefin skate)
Gurgesiella furvescens F. de Buen, 1959 (Dusky finless 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 Gurgesiella in FishBase. February 2011 version.