Dipturus lamillai
Appearance
Dipturus lamillai | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Order: | Rajiformes |
Family: | Rajidae |
Genus: | Dipturus |
Species: | D. lamillai
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Binomial name | |
Dipturus lamillai (Concha, Caira, Ebert & Pompert, 2019)
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Dipturus lamillai is a species of long-snout skate of the genus Dipturus. It was first described in 2019 after it was found in waters near the Falkland Islands in the southwest Atlantic Ocean.[1][2] The population had previously been recorded as Zearaja chilensis, the Chilean yellow-nosed skate, but had been suspected to be a separate cryptic species, one that looks identical to another species but has distinct genetic information. It was named in honour of Julio Lamilla, a Chilean biologist.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Francisco Concha; Janine Caira; David Ebert; Joost Pompert (1 May 2019). "Redescription and taxonomic status of Dipturus chilensis (Guichenot, 1848), and description of Dipturus lamillai sp. nov. (Rajiformes: Rajidae), a new species of long-snout skate from the Falkland Islands". Zootaxa. 4590 (5): 501–524. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4590.5.1. PMID 31716072. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Dipturus lamillai CONCHA, CAIRA, EBERT & POMPERT, 2019". Shark References. Retrieved 19 March 2020.
- ^ "Dipturus lamillai: A new species of Long-snout Skate from the Falkland Islands". Sciency Thoughts. 8 August 2019. Retrieved 19 March 2020.