Gurgesiellidae
Pygmy skates | |
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A Pluto skate (Fenestraja plutonia) found on iron-stained sand bottom with manganese nodules | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | Rajiformes |
Family: | Gurgesiellidae , 1959 |
Genera | |
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Pygmy skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays. Nineteen species in three genera are known.[1]
Genera[]
References[]
- ^ Weigmann, S., Séret, B., Last, P.R. & McEachran, J.D. 2016. Pygmy Skates, Family Gurgesiellidae. Pp. 473–493 in Last, P.R., White, W.T., Carvalho, M.R., Séret, B., Stehmann, M. & Naylor, G.J.P. (eds.). Rays of the World. CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne. ISBN 9780643109131.
Categories:
- Ray families
- Rajiformes
- Rajiformes stubs