MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Leucoraja melitensis (Clark, 1926)

ERMS taxon details

Leucoraja melitensis (Clark, 1926)

To FishBase images (<i>Raja melitensis</i>, by FAO)

To FishBase images (Raja melitensis, by FAO)

AphiaID

105875 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105875)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Leucoraja Malm, 1877

Original name

Raja melitensis Clark, 1926

Synonymised names

Raja melitensis Clark, 1926 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Raja melitensis Clark, 1926) Clark, R. S. (1926). Rays and skates. A revision of the European species. Fishery Board for Scotland, Scientific Investigations 1926. 1: 1-66, 15 unnumbered pls. + Pls. 1-36. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2021). FishBase. Leucoraja melitensis (Clark, 1926). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2021) European Register of Marine Species at: http://www.vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=105875 on 2025-04-15

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025). European Register of Marine Species. Leucoraja melitensis (Clark, 1926). Accessed at: http://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=105875 on 2025-04-15

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

van der Land, Jacob

2008-01-15 17:27:08Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Raja melitensis Clark, 1926) Clark, R. S. (1926). Rays and skates. A revision of the European species. Fishery Board for Scotland, Scientific Investigations 1926. 1: 1-66, 15 unnumbered pls. + Pls. 1-36. [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, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in RoR) [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]

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. Scientific Data. 10(1). (look up in RoR), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details]