New softnose skate genus Brochiraja from New Zealand (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) with description of four new species

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-90

  Last, Peter R ^a   McEachran, John D ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brochiraja; New record; New species; New Zealand; Rajidae; Skates

Indexed keywords

JUVENILE; NEW GENUS; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

AENIGMA; ARHYNCHOBATINAE; ASPERULA; NOTORAJA; RAJIDAE;

EID: 33646839768     PISSN: 00288330     EISSN: 11758805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288330.2006.9517404     Document Type: Article

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