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Issue: Vol. 43 No. 2: 30 Sept. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-09-30
DOI: 10.11646/bionomina.43.2.2
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Notes on the nomenclature of spinorays (Chondrichthyes, Batomorphii, Apolithabatiformes)

Department of Geology and Geophysics; University of Wyoming; 1000 East University Avenue; Laramie; WY 82071; USA
Spinorays Apolithabatiformes Asterodermidae Spathobatidae Asterodermus Spathobatis Belemnobatis S. bugesiaca S. morinica S. rugosa nomenclature priority authorships publication dates emended spellings

Abstract

Three nomenclatural problems with the spinorays (Apolithabatiformes) are addressed here. The priority of the family name Asterodermidae Bonaparte, 1850 over Spathobatidae Dames, 1888 is demonstrated. The authorships of the generic names Asterodermus Agassiz, 1836, Spathobatis Thiollière, 1848 and Belemnobatis Thiollière, 1852 are clarified. The spellings of the specific names S. bugesiacus Thiollière, 1848, S. morinicus Sauvage, 1873 and S. rugosus Underwood et al., 1999 are emended to S. bugesiaca, S. morinica and S. rugosa, respectively.

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