Pygmy skates | |
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A Pluto skate ( Fenestraja plutonia) found on iron-stained sand bottom with manganese nodules | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Rajiformes |
Family: |
Gurgesiellidae du Buen, 1959 |
Genera | |
See text |
Pygmy skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays. Nineteen species in three genera are known. [1]
Pygmy skates | |
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A Pluto skate ( Fenestraja plutonia) found on iron-stained sand bottom with manganese nodules | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Rajiformes |
Family: |
Gurgesiellidae du Buen, 1959 |
Genera | |
See text |
Pygmy skates are cartilaginous fish belonging to the family Gurgesiellidae in the superorder Batoidea of rays. Nineteen species in three genera are known. [1]