Molecular systematics of the skate subgenus Arctoraja (Bathyraja: Rajidae) and support for an undescribed species, the leopard skate, with comments on the phylogenetics of Bathyraja

Ichthyological Research

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 77-83

  Spies, Ingrid B ^a   Stevenson, Duane E ^a   Orr, James W ^a   Hoff, Gerald R ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska skate; Arctoraja; COI; Cytochrome oxidase; Leopard skate; Molecular systematics

Indexed keywords

BATHYRAJA; BATHYRAJA PARMIFERA; BATHYRAJA SIMOTERUS; BATHYRAJA SMIRNOVI; FELIDAE; LEUCORAJA GARMANI VIRGINICA; RAJIDAE; RHINORAJA;

EID: 79551492990     PISSN: 13418998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10228-010-0185-z     Document Type: Article

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