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: Rajella
Species: R. alia – R. annandalei – R. barnardi – R. bigelowi – R. caudaspinosa – R. challengeri – R. dissimilis – R. eisenhardti – R. fuliginea – R. fyllae – R. kukujevi – R. leopardus – R. lintea – R. nigerrima – R. paucispinosa – R. purpuriventralis – R. ravidula – R. sadowskii
Name
Rajella Stehmann, 1970
Type species: Raja fyllae Lütken, 1887
References
Stehmann, M. F. W., 1970: Vergleichend morphologische und anatomische Untersuchungen zur Neuordnung der Systematik der nordostatlantischen Rajidae (Chondrichthyes, Batoidei). Archiv für Fischereiwissenschaft, 21 (2): 73–163, Pls. 1-27.
Stehmann, M.F.W. 2012: Complementary redescription of Raja lintea Fries, 1839 (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) and its revised generic assignment. Zootaxa 3331: 44–68. Preview Reference page.
Weigmann, S., Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. 2014. Rajella paucispinosa n. sp., a new deep-water skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) from the western Indian Ocean off South Mozambique, and a revised generic diagnosis. Zootaxa 3847(3): 359–387. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.3 Paywall Reference page.
Rajella is a genus of skate found deeper than 150 m (490 ft) in the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian oceans.
Species
There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:
Rajella annandalei M. C. W. Weber, 1913 (Annandale's skate)
Rajella barnardi Norman, 1935 (Bigthorn skate)
Rajella bathyphila Holt & Byrne, 1908 (Deep-water ray)
Rajella bigelowi Stehmann, 1978 (Bigelow's ray)
Rajella caudaspinosa von Bonde & Swart, 1923 (Munchkin skate)
Rajella challengeri Last & Stehmann, 2008 (Challenger skate)
Rajella dissimilis Hulley, 1970 (Ghost skate)
Rajella eisenhardti Long & McCosker, 1999 (Galápagos grey skate)
Rajella fuliginea Bigelow & Schroeder, 1954 (Sooty skate)
Rajella fyllae Lütken, 1887 (Round ray)
Rajella kukujevi Dolganov, 1985 (Mid-Atlantic skate)
Rajella leopardus von Bonde & Swart, 1923 (Leopard skate)
Rajella lintea Fries, 1838 (Sailray)
Rajella nigerrima F. de Buen, 1960 (Blackish skate)
Rajella paucispinosa Weigmann, Stehmann & Thiel, 2014 (Sparsely-thorned skate) [1]
Rajella purpuriventralis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1962 (Purplebelly skate)
Rajella ravidula Hulley, 1970 (Smoothback skate)
Rajella sadowskii G. Krefft & Stehmann, 1974 (Brazilian skate)
References
Weigmann, S.; Stehmann, M.F.W. & Thiel, R. (2014). "Rajella paucispinosa n. sp., a new deep-water skate (Elasmobranchii, Rajidae) from the western Indian Ocean off South Mozambique, and a revised generic diagnosis" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3847 (3): 359–387. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3847.3.3. PMID 25112345.
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