First report and description of a legskate, genus Cruriraja, from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean (Chondrichthyes: Rajidae)

Cybium

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 343-354

  De Carvalho, Marcelo R ^a   Gomes, Ulisses L ^b   McEachran, John D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ASW; Caribbean Sea; Cruriraja; Distribution; Gulf of Mexico; Rajidae; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; CRURIRAJA; CRURIRAJA RUGOSA; RAJIDAE;

EID: 33847656259     PISSN: 03990974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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