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WoRMS name detailsLeucoraja erinacea (Mitchill, 1825)
158551 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158551)
unaccepted
Species
marine,
Not documented
Distribution southeastern Newfoundland to North Carolina
Distribution southeastern Newfoundland to North Carolina [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Leucoraja erinacea (Mitchill, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158551 on 2025-05-05
Date action by
Nomenclaturebasis of record
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details] basis of record Packer, D. B.; Zetlin, C.A.; Vitaliano, J.J. (2003). Essential fish habitat source document: thorny skate, Amblyraja radiata, life history and habitat characteristics. <em>NOAA Technical Memorandum.</em> 1-39. [details] Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details] additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]  Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Diet Especially crustaceans and amphipods, though polychaetes, molluscs and fishes are also consumed. [details]Distribution southeastern Newfoundland to North Carolina [details] Habitat benthic [details] Habitat Found on sandy or gravelly bottoms, prefer shallow waters but have been found up to 90m. [details] Importance Scientific- Fish meal and laboratory research specimen [details] Predators Sharks, other rays and grey seals. [details] Reproduction Mating believed to occur throughout the year, eggs deposited enclosed in a horny case. [details]
To Barcode of Life (153 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Leucoraja erinacea) To FishBase To GenBank (3041700 nucleotides; 36647 proteins) To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI) To IUCN Red List (Least Concern) To NMNH Extant Collection (Leucoraja erinacea USNM 386062 radiograph) To ITIS |
