Morphological and molecular evidence for a new species of longnose skate (Rajiformes: Rajidae: Dipturus) from Argentinean waters based on DNA barcoding

Zootaxa

Volumn , Issue 1921, 2008, Pages 35-46

  De Astarloa, Juan Martin Díaz ^a,b   Mabragaña, Ezequiel ^a,c   Hanner, Robert ^d   Figueroa, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

^b Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas ^*  (Argentina)

^c Museo del Mar   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Argentina; COI; Dipturus argentinensis; DNA barcode; N. sp; Rajidae

Indexed keywords

DIPTURUS; DIPTURUS CHILENSIS; DIPTURUS TRACHYDERMA; RAJA RHINA; RAJIDAE; RAJIFORMES;

EID: 55849117384     PISSN: 11755326     EISSN: 11755334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1921.1.3     Document Type: Article

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