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Raja radiata Donovan, 1808 
AphiaID: 148824

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Elasmobranchii (Class) > Neoselachii (Subclass) > Batoidea (Infraclass) > Rajiformes (Order) > Rajidae (Family) > Raja (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (basionym)
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
Rank Species
Typetaxon of  Amblyraja Malm, 1877
Parent Raja Linnaeus, 1758
Sources  original description: Donovan, E. (1802-08). The natural history of British fishes, including scientific and general descriptions of the most interesting species, and an extensive selection of accurately finished coloured plates. London. 1-516 unnumbered, Pls. 1-120. [details]

basis of record: Eschmeyer, W.: Catalog of fishes; California Academy of Sciences, department Ichtyology., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]

additional source: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source: FishBase, version december 2007, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version may 2009 [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

context source (Deepsea): Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Vernacular
Names		 
Language   Name 
Danish tærbe  [details]
Dutch keilrog  [details]
Dutch sterrog  [details]
English starry ray  [details]
French étoilée  [details]
French raie radiée  [details]
German Sternroche  [details]
German sternrochen  [details]
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details]
Davis Strait [details]
De Haan [details]
FAO fishing area 18 [details]
FAO fishing area 21 [details]
Hudson Strait [details]
North East Coast of England  [details]
Scotland [details]
Southern Bight [details]
United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Wimereux (not certain) [details]
Host of  Acanthochondrites annulatus (Olsson, 1869) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lepeophtheirus pectoralis (Müller O.F., 1776) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Eudactylina similis Scott T., 1902 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeopodina longimana (Olsson, 1869) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Schistobrachia ramosa (Krøyer, 1863) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Eudactylina corrugata Bere, 1930 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Acanthochondrites inflatus Bainbridge, 1909 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Lernaeopodina cluthae (Scott T., 1900) (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Dendrapta cameroni longiclavata Kabata & Gusev, 1966 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Caligus elongatus Heegaard, 1943 (parasitic: ectoparasitic)
Links To Biodiversity Heritage Library (194 publications)
To FishBase
To Marine Species Identification Portal
To PESI
To ITIS
Note  Publication date: Donovan, 1806 [details]
Images 
Poll (1947, fig. 056, 057, 058 & 059)
Poll (1947, fig. 056, 057, 058 & 059)
added on 2008-08-12 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Clark & Williamson)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

Poll (1947, fig. 060)
Poll (1947, fig. 060)
added on 2008-08-12 - author: H. Dupond in Poll (1947) (naar Clark)
scan provided by VLIZ - Wetenschatten
qualitystatus: not checked

Raja radiata
Raja radiata
added on 2011-03-29 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Heinz Wiele ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Raja radiata
Raja radiata
added on 2011-03-29 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Heinz Wiele ()
qualitystatus: not checked

Raja radiata
Raja radiata
added on 2011-04-20 - author: Fisheries and Oceans Canada, David McRuer and Cheryl Frail ()
qualitystatus: not checked
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:148824
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-03-29 13:34:27Z  created  Claus, Simon
2008-02-28 13:41:07Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Raja radiata Donovan, 1808. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148824 on 2013-06-19
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