WoRMS taxon details
Malacoraja spinacidermis (Barnard, 1923)
105878 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105878)
accepted
Species
Raia spinacidermis Barnard, 1923 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Raja mollis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950 · unaccepted
Raja spinacidermis Barnard, 1923 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Raja spinacidermis Barnard, 1923) Barnard, K. H. (1923). Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541472, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=191 [details] 
Distribution Eastern Atlantic: Iceland-Faeroe Ridge, off northwest Africa (Rio de Oro), off southern Namibia and South Africa. Reported...
Distribution Eastern Atlantic: Iceland-Faeroe Ridge, off northwest Africa (Rio de Oro), off southern Namibia and South Africa. Reported from the eastern slope of Georges Bank (McEachran 2002, in Collette and Klein-MacPhee 2002); ARC 9312004 from Davis Strait [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Malacoraja spinacidermis (Barnard, 1923). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105878 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Raja mollis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) Bigelow, H. B.; Schroeder, W. C. (1950). New and little known cartilaginous fishes from the Atlantic. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> v. 103 (no. 7): 385-408, Pls. 1-7. [details]
original description (of Raja spinacidermis Barnard, 1923) Barnard, K. H. (1923). Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541472, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=191 [details]
original description (of Raia spinacidermis Barnard, 1923) Barnard, K. H. (1923). Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541472, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=191 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Raja spinacidermis Barnard, 1923) Barnard, K. H. (1923). Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541472, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=191 [details]
original description (of Raia spinacidermis Barnard, 1923) Barnard, K. H. (1923). Diagnoses of new species of marine fishes from South African waters. <em>Annals of the South African Museum.</em> 13 (pt 8, no. 14): 439-445., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1541472, https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/getref.asp?id=191 [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Collette, B. B., ; Klein-MacPhee, G. (2002). Bigelow and Schroeder's Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. <em>Smithsonian Institution Press.</em> 1-748. [details]
additional source Welshman, D.; Kohler, S; Black, J.; and L. Van Guelpen. (2003). An atlas of distributions of Canadian Atlantic fishes. , available online at http://epe.lac-bac.gc.ca/100/205/301/ic/cdc/FishAtlas/default.htm [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on Crustaceans, bony fishes and polychaete worms [details]Distribution Eastern Atlantic: Iceland-Faeroe Ridge, off northwest Africa (Rio de Oro), off southern Namibia and South Africa. Reported from the eastern slope of Georges Bank (McEachran 2002, in Collette and Klein-MacPhee 2002); ARC 9312004 from Davis Strait [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat Found from depths of 450m to 1500m . [details]
Reproduction Internal fertilization; oviparous [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | soft skate | [details] |
| German | Samthautrochen | [details] |
| Lithuanian | dygioji minkštakūnė raja | [details] |
| Russian | шиповатый мягкий скат | [details] |
| Ukrainian | Шиповатый м'який скатСкат м'який шипуватий | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Raja mollis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Raia spinacidermis Barnard, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Raja spinacidermis Barnard, 1923)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacoraja spinacidermis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raja mollis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja spinacidermis Barnard, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Raia spinacidermis Barnard, 1923)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Raia spinacidermis Barnard, 1923)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Raja spinacidermis Barnard, 1923)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications) (from synonym Raja mollis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Raia spinacidermis Barnard, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Raja spinacidermis Barnard, 1923)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Malacoraja spinacidermis)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Raja mollis Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950)
To FishBase (from synonym Raja spinacidermis Barnard, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Raia spinacidermis Barnard, 1923)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Raia spinacidermis Barnard, 1923)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Raja spinacidermis Barnard, 1923)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To PESI
To ITIS
