Three new legskates of the genus Sinobatis (Rajoidei: Anacanthobatidae) from the Indo-West Pacific

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1671, 2008, Pages 33-58

  Last, Peter R ^a   Séret, Bernard ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Anacanthobatidae; Indo West Pacific; Legskate; New species; Rajoidei; Sinobatis

Indexed keywords

ANACANTHOBATIDAE; ANACANTHOBATIS; RAJOIDEI;

EID: 38349070707     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1671.1.3     Document Type: Article

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