Cruriraja
Sign in to saveCruriraja is a genus of skates in the family Gurgesiellidae. 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.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Cruriraja, and connects out to Animalia, Caribbean Sea and International Standard Book Number.
Vinony files it under Batomorphi genera, Rajiformes and Taxa named by Henry Bryant Bigelow.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Andaman Leg Skate
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassElasmobranchii
- OrderRajiformes
- FamilyRajidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- Family
- Rajidae
- Collections
- AUM, CAS, USNM
- Recorded in
- United States, Saint Kitts And Nevis
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Gurgesiellidae
- Image
- Cruriraja rugosa.png
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Cruriraja is a genus of skates in the family Gurgesiellidae. 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)
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