A new legskate (Rajoidei: Genus Cruriraja) from southern Africa

Copeia

Volumn , Issue 3, 2010, Pages 364-372

  Aschliman, Neil C ^a   Ebert, David A ^b,d   Compagno, Leonard J V ^c  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c IZIKO SOUTH AFRICAN MUSEUM   (South Africa)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; MERISTICS; MORPHOMETRY; NEW GENUS; NEW SPECIES; TOOTH; VERTEBRATE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

CRURIRAJA; CRURIRAJA PARCOMACULATA; RAJOIDEI;

EID: 77957377121     PISSN: 00458511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1643/CI-09-215     Document Type: Article

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