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Rhinobatos rhinobatos (common guitarfish)

Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae

Taxonomy
Raja rhinobatos was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Rhinobatos rhinobatos by Link (1790), Cappetta (1987), Dica et al. (1996) and Kriwet et al. (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Raja rhinobatos Linnaeus
1790Rhinobatos rhinobatos Link
1987Rhinobatos rhinobatos Cappetta p. 137
1996Rhinobatos rhinobatos Dica et al. p. 118
2009Rhinobatos rhinobatos Kriwet et al. p. 327

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classChondrichthyes
subclassElasmobranchiiBonaparte 1838
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuselachii()
NeoselachiiCompagno 1977
superorderBatomorphii
orderRajiformesBerg 1940
suborderRhinobatoideiFowler 1941
familyRhinobatidaeMüller and Henle 1837
genusRhinobatosLink 1790
speciesrhinobatos(Linnaeus 1758)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Rhinobatos rhinobatos Linnaeus 1758 [common guitarfish]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-21 07:15:23
Modified: 2009-07-21 09:15:23
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Wagner 2023
Collections
No collection or age range data are available