The Maugean Skate, Zearaja maugeana sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae) - A micro-endemic, Gondwanan relict from Tasmanian estuaries

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1494, 2007, Pages 45-65

  Last, Peter R ^a   Gledhill, Daniel C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estuarine; New species; Rajidae; Skate; Tasmania; Zearaja

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; DIPTURUS; RAJIDAE; RAJIFORMES;

EID: 34347207511     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1494.1.2     Document Type: Article

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