Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Pisces > Class Elasmobranchii > Subclass Neoselachii > Infraclass Batoidea > Order Rajiformes > Family Rajidae > Genus Rajella

Rajella bigelowi (Stehmann, 1978)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Rajella*	Stehmann, 1970	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Bigelow's ray sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)

German: Bigelows Rochen sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: Bigelovo raja sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: raya de Bigelow

Literature

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
additional source	FishBase, version december 2007
additional source	FishBase, version may 2009
additional source	FishBase, version october 2012
additional source	Fishbase

Genbank

Taxonomy

FishBase
WoRMS

External Links

FishBase
Barcode of Life (5 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Bailly, N. (2014). Rajella bigelowi (Stehmann, 1978). In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2014) FishBase. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:105893