Morphology and DNA barcoding reveal a new species of eagle ray from the southwestern Atlantic: Myliobatis ridens sp. nov. (Chondrichthyes: Myliobatiformes: Myliobatidae)

Zoological Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 862-873

  Ruocco, Natalia L ^a   Lucifora, Luis O ^b,c,d   de Astarloa, Juan M Díaz ^b,e   Mabragaña, Ezequiel ^b,e   Delpiani, Sergio M ^b,e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO PESQUERO INIDEP   (Argentina)

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

^c INSTITUTO DE BIOLOGÍA SUBTROPICAL   (Argentina)

^d Centro de Investigaciones del Bosque Atlantico Puerto Iguazu   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MAR DEL PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene; Elasmobranchii; Myliobatis; South America

Indexed keywords

CHONDRICHTHYES; ELASMOBRANCHII; MYLIOBATIDAE; MYLIOBATIFORMES; MYLIOBATINAE; MYLIOBATIS; MYLIOBATIS FREMINVILLII; MYLIOBATIS GOODEI;

EID: 84867536722     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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