A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii
A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii
A Classification of the Recent Elasmobranchii
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FAMILY GYMNURIDAE<br />
(Butterfly Rays; Diamond Rays)<br />
Genus GYMNURA Kuhl & Van Hasselt 1823<br />
Subgenus GYMNURA Kuhl & Van Hasselt 1823<br />
Pteryplatea FABIUS COLUMNA 1616<br />
Gymnura KUHL & VAN HASSELT 1823 type Raja micrura BL. & SCHN. 1801 (Precludes<br />
LESSON 1827; Horsfield & Vigors 1827; Nuttall 1834 & Muller & Henle 1837 )<br />
Pteroplatea M. & H. 1837, type Raja altavela LINN.<br />
? Ceratoptera DAY 1878 (non M.& H.1841 = Manta BANCROFT ), type Ceratoptera ehrenbergi<br />
DAY . Probable malformed specimen <strong>of</strong> Gymnura poecilura (SHAW)<br />
Pteroplataea ALCOCK 1892 (emendation)<br />
Planerocephalus GRATZIANOW 1906 (n.n. for Ceratoptera DAY, preocc. by M.&H. 1841 = Manta<br />
BANCROFT ) type, Planerocephalus ellioti GRATZIANOW 1906<br />
Phanerocephalus GRATZIANOW 1906 (emendation).<br />
G. ALTAVELA ( Linn.) 1758 Giant Butterfly Ray; Spiny Butterfly Ray.<br />
Pastinaca marina altera [Pteryplatea] Altavela dicta FABIUS COLUMNA 1616<br />
Pastinaca marina altera WILLUGHBY 1686<br />
Raja altavela LINN. 1758 (Mediterranean)<br />
Raja pastinaca var. b altavela LINN. 1766 t/l; Oceano Europaeo<br />
Raja altavela var. b GMELIN 1789<br />
Dasyatis altavilla RAFINESQUE 1810<br />
Raja maclura LeSUEUR 1817 t/l; Newport, Rhode Island<br />
Le Pastinaque de Fabius Columnae BLAINV. 1825<br />
Pteroplatea canariensis VALENCIENNES 1843 t/l; Canary Is.<br />
Pteroplatea valenciennii DUMERIL 1865 t/l; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.<br />
Pteroplatea binotata LUNEL 1879<br />
Pteroplatea vaillanti ROCHEBRUNE 1880 t/l; "Barre du Senegal", Cape Blanco, Senegambia.<br />
Dasyatis attavilla GARMAN 1913 (lapsus in synonymy)<br />
Range;Eastern Atlantic;Mediterranean; Madeira & Canaries south to Congo.<br />
Western Atlantic; Sou<strong>the</strong>rn New England south to Rio de la Plata, Brazil<br />
G. MICRURA (Bloch & Schneider ) 1801 Lesser Butterfly Ray; Smooth Butterfly Ray; Shorttailed<br />
Butterfly Ray<br />
Raja micrura BL. & SCHN. 1801 t/l; Surinam.<br />
Trygonobatus microurus BLAINV. 1816 ) (n. nud.)<br />
Range; Western Atlantic; Brazil to Chesapeake Bay and occasionally to New England. Coastal.<br />
Nominally from tropical West Africa. O<strong>the</strong>r refs. doubtful.<br />
G. POECILURA ( Shaw ) 1804 Long-tailed Butterfly Ray<br />
Tenkee Kunsal or Kunsua RUSSELL 1803 t/l; Vizagapatam, India<br />
Raja poecilura SHAW 1804 (on RUSSELL 1803 ) t/l; Coromandel Coast <strong>of</strong> India.<br />
Pastinaca kunsal CUVIER 1829 (on RUSSELL 1803)<br />
Trygon kunsua CUVIER 1829<br />
Pteroplatea annulata SWAINSON 1839 (on RUSSELL 1803)<br />
Pteroplatea japonica SCHLEGEL 1850 t/l; Nagasaki, Japan.<br />
? Ceratoptera ehrenbergi DAY 1878 ( non M. & H. 1841 = Manta ) t/l; Madras.<br />
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