WoRMS name details
Raja heemstrai McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982
298928 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:298928)
unaccepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Raja heemstrai McEachran & Fechhelm, 1982. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=298928 on 2026-07-10
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Nomenclature
original description
McEachran, J.D.; Fechhelm, J.D. (1982). A new species of skate from the western Indian Ocean, with comments on the status of <i>Raja</i> (<i>Okamejei</i>) (Elasmobranchii: Rajiformes). Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. 95(3):440-450. [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
[request]basis of record Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
