Biology:Aptychotrema
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Short description: Genus of cartilaginous fishes
| Aptychotrema | |
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| Eastern shovelnose ray (A. rostrata) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
| Superorder: | Batoidea |
| Order: | Rhinopristiformes |
| Family: | Rhinobatidae |
| Genus: | Aptychotrema Norman, 1926 |
| Type species | |
| Rhinobatus (Syrrhina) bougainvillii J. P. Müller & Henle, 1841
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Aptychotrema is a genus of guitarfish, belonging to the family Rhinobatidae. They are found around Australia.
Species
There are three living species,[1] and one extinct species only known from fossil remains of Cenomanian age.[2]
- †Aptychotrema massoniae Bernardez, 2002
- Aptychotrema rostrata Shaw, 1794 (Eastern shovelnose ray or Short-snouted shovelnose ray) - synonym: Aptychotrema bougainvillii J. P. Müller & Henle, 841
- Aptychotrema timorensis Last, 2004 (Spotted shovelnose ray)
- Aptychotrema vincentiana Haacke, 1885 (Western shovelnose ray)
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Aptychotrema in FishBase. March 2018 version.
- ↑ Bernárdez, E. (2002). Los dientes de seláceos del Cretácico de la depresión central asturiana. Univ. d'Oviedo: 1–476.
Wikidata ☰ Q2713869 entry
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