Prickly deep-sea skate | |
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Drawing by Dr Tony Ayling | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Elasmobranchii |
Superorder: | Batoidea |
Order: | Rajiformes |
Family: | Arhynchobatidae |
Genus: | Brochiraja |
Species: | B. spinifera
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Binomial name | |
Brochiraja spinifera (Garrick & Paul, 1974)
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The prickly deep-sea skate (Brochiraja spinifera), or spiny deep-sea skate, is a deep sea skate in the family Arhynchobatidae.[2] It lives off New Zealand, at depths of from 170 to 1,400 m on the continental shelf.[3] Their length is from 60 to 80 cm.[3]
The New Zealand Department of Conservation classifies the prickly deep-sea skate as "Data deficient" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System.[4]