<document id="55C3A8757A3ED155A86DC2A1A60B28B9" ID-DOI="10.5281/zenodo.175296" ID-GBIF-Dataset="e2a01bd5-e044-4bd8-bfbe-e95cb0480f75" ID-ISSN="11755326" ID-Zenodo-Dep="175296" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1459803997981" checkinUser="plazi" docAuthor="Ebert, David A. & Davis, Chante D." docDate="2007" docId="03E52745D73D3818FFBB4E21FB79FDA0" docLanguage="en" docName="zt01393p018.pdf" docOrigin="Zootaxa 1393" docStyle="DocumentStyle:6581673A57F01A3145754A1E615EDFF0.4:Zootaxa.2007-2008.journal_article" docStyleId="6581673A57F01A3145754A1E615EDFF0" docStyleName="Zootaxa.2007-2008.journal_article" docStyleVersion="4" docTitle="Raja inornata" docType="treatment" docVersion="9" lastPageNumber="12" masterDocId="FFDC5F3DD7373813FF2C4949FFCEFFCA" masterDocTitle="Descriptions of skate egg cases (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Rajoidei) from the eastern North Pacific" masterLastPageNumber="18" masterPageNumber="1" pageNumber="11" updateTime="1698220328634" updateUser="plazi"> <mods:mods id="D0472DD64D29E2F3ACF1F6367D297CB4" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"> <mods:titleInfo id="9FF573B551A75A9FA4F3F859B5839457"> <mods:title id="458E9ACBA4B1C23A875FE038E294E36E">Descriptions of skate egg cases (Chondrichthyes: Rajiformes: Rajoidei) from the eastern North Pacific</mods:title> </mods:titleInfo> <mods:name id="E00F4B0F7097083B881EB89F60DB041D" type="personal"> <mods:role id="40AAD5EF7CC13663B153E8E725E68D37"> <mods:roleTerm id="E2085607952F80544EC710E256117C44">Author</mods:roleTerm> </mods:role> <mods:namePart id="89E9EE7D776157580A3349113E3214D5">Ebert, David A.</mods:namePart> </mods:name> <mods:name id="6577BC403D8EBB09F469EC7E0EC204DA" type="personal"> <mods:role id="61F343D2B45290B67C8D8DFD1D4F13FF"> <mods:roleTerm id="5C822655A24465A983EA7EB6803DA24E">Author</mods:roleTerm> </mods:role> <mods:namePart id="8547B10ACC17A2AA520358419025C09E">Davis, Chante D.</mods:namePart> </mods:name> <mods:typeOfResource id="FB1B6A786B33E16829F750A83951BB92">text</mods:typeOfResource> <mods:relatedItem id="367C18E3DFF4C6AAA755BB1D0F308821" type="host"> <mods:titleInfo id="5392DDD7A3EA7E63D5F5FC47C2C19EF0"> <mods:title id="AC61EADEE3DFB9132D7A6557F4397A02">Zootaxa</mods:title> </mods:titleInfo> <mods:part id="7D7F03BCB46CD4143684DD60577D1678"> <mods:date id="80F07AAA8766A8AFA4CAFC9CCA38926A">2007</mods:date> <mods:detail id="83F993816372582A1E94419749813D17" type="volume"> <mods:number id="FE0E42D062854D1BBF475468AC7C35F4">1393</mods:number> </mods:detail> <mods:extent id="98270E37271D94BCA015E074A86C0552" unit="page"> <mods:start id="65286BA14B78A50D56EC696CE9F96FA2">1</mods:start> <mods:end id="45225D1B491E9EED6937A46CFED122A2">18</mods:end> </mods:extent> </mods:part> </mods:relatedItem> <mods:classification id="8E9E2F70FA781D8D251B4A8061CCC1E3">journal article</mods:classification> <mods:identifier id="A22E31CCA351AEE631380DF03B364679" type="DOI">10.5281/zenodo.175296</mods:identifier> <mods:identifier id="7E03F505607422FF681858104DFA9BCF" type="GBIF-Dataset">e2a01bd5-e044-4bd8-bfbe-e95cb0480f75</mods:identifier> <mods:identifier id="C03F2149F9CDFA4141D2B98119C4E1E5" type="ISSN">11755326</mods:identifier> <mods:identifier id="C835395E55B85D20239C8316715AC37A" type="Zenodo-Dep">175296</mods:identifier> </mods:mods> <treatment id="03E52745D73D3818FFBB4E21FB79FDA0" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6246899" ID-GBIF-Taxon="119352594" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6246899" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:03E52745D73D3818FFBB4E21FB79FDA0" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E52745D73D3818FFBB4E21FB79FDA0" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11"> <subSubSection id="C356C5D8D73D3819FFBB4E21FDA5F848" box="[151,619,1896,1922]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="nomenclature"> <paragraph id="8BF39653D73D3819FFBB4E21FDA5F848" blockId="10.[151,619,1896,1922]" box="[151,619,1896,1922]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11"> <heading id="D0BB213FD73D3819FFBB4E21FDA5F848" bold="true" box="[151,619,1896,1922]" fontSize="11" level="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" reason="1"> <emphasis id="B9384A41D73D3819FFBB4E21FDA5F848" bold="true" box="[151,619,1896,1922]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11"> <taxonomicName id="4C4CEDD0D73D3819FFBB4E21FEF1F848" ID-CoL="793LN" box="[151,319,1896,1922]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inornata"> <emphasis id="B9384A41D73D3819FFBB4E21FEF1F848" bold="true" box="[151,319,1896,1922]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Raja inornata</emphasis> </taxonomicName> <bibRefCitation id="EFDDEBA2D73D3819FE6A4E21FDA5F848" author="Jordan" box="[326,619,1896,1922]" pageId="10" pageNumber="18" refString="Jordan, D. S. & Gilbert, C. H. (1881) Note on Raia inornata. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 4, 73 - 74." type="journal article" year="1881"> <collectingCountry id="F35BD6C3D73D3819FE6A4E21FE6EF848" box="[326,416,1896,1922]" name="Jordan" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Jordan</collectingCountry> & Gilbert, 1881 </bibRefCitation> </emphasis> </heading> </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection id="C356C5D8D73D3818FFBB4EFBFBEFFEB0" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" type="description"> <paragraph id="8BF39653D73D3818FFBB4EFBFBEFFEB0" blockId="10.[151,1434,1970,2037]" lastBlockId="11.[151,1437,152,618]" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="12" pageId="10" pageNumber="11"> <emphasis id="B9384A41D73D3819FFBB4EFBFEE6F806" bold="true" box="[151,296,1970,1996]" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Description</emphasis> : The egg cases of <taxonomicName id="4C4CEDD0D73D3819FD2C4EFAFD6DF806" box="[512,675,1971,1996]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inornata"> <emphasis id="B9384A41D73D3819FD2C4EFAFD6DF806" box="[512,675,1971,1996]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Raja inornata</emphasis> </taxonomicName> ( <figureCitation id="13778AD6D73D3819FD9E4EFAFCD8F807" box="[690,790,1971,1997]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="10.[151,255,1783,1807]" captionText="FIGURE 9. Egg case of Raja inornata. Scale bar 20 mm." pageId="10" pageNumber="11">Figure 9</figureCitation> ) are very small, <quantity id="4CB43BB6D73D3819FCF54EFAFBA3F807" box="[985,1133,1971,1997]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.05" metricValueMax="7.3" metricValueMin="6.8" pageId="10" pageNumber="11" unit="mm" value="70.5" valueMax="73.0" valueMin="68.0">68 to 73 mm</quantity> in length from anterior to posterior apron borders, with MAW about 73–77% of ECL. Egg case surfaces finely striated, without fibrous covering, and very smooth to the touch. LKW is very broad, about 17–25% of MAW, and extending length of case including outer edge of horns; keels absent or very minute along inner horn edge. Attachment fibers not present. Anterior apron border broad, concave, anterior horns about 34–52% of ECL, curling ventrally, and flattening and hooklike towards tips. Posterior apron nearly straight, broad, transverse, and about <quantity id="4CB43BB6D73C3818FA1A4859FA54FEE0" box="[1334,1434,272,298]" metricMagnitude="-3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" metricValueMax="6.0" metricValueMin="4.0" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" unit="mm" value="5.0" valueMax="6.0" valueMin="4.0">4–6 mm</quantity> wider than anterior apron width. Posterior horns relatively short, about onehalf ECL, curved, and flattening towards tips. Preserved egg case color dark brown becoming lighter on keels. </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection id="C356C5D8D73C3818FFEA48CEFC22FDD0" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="discussion"> <paragraph id="8BF39653D73C3818FFEA48CEFC22FDD0" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,618]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12"> <emphasis id="B9384A41D73C3818FFEA48CEFEF6FE6B" bold="true" box="[198,312,391,417]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Remarks</emphasis> : The present description of this egg case differs from the original description by <bibRefCitation id="EFDDEBA2D73C3818FBDB48C1FAB0FE68" author="Cox" box="[1271,1406,392,418]" pageId="11" pageNumber="17" refString="Cox, K. W. (1963) Egg cases of some elasmobranchs and a cyclostome from Californian waters. California Fish & Game, 49, 271 - 289." type="journal article" year="1963">Cox (1963)</bibRefCitation> in that we did not observe attachment fibers to be present in any of the specimens examined. Also, <bibRefCitation id="EFDDEBA2D73C3818FA3948F9FA53FE00" author="Cox" box="[1301,1437,432,458]" pageId="11" pageNumber="17" refString="Cox, K. W. (1963) Egg cases of some elasmobranchs and a cyclostome from Californian waters. California Fish & Game, 49, 271 - 289." type="journal article" year="1963">Cox (1963)</bibRefCitation> did not comment on the broad lateral keels of these egg cases which we found to be a good characteristic for separating between similar looking egg cases, but from different species. </paragraph> </subSubSection> <subSubSection id="C356C5D8D73C3818FFEA4B6EFB79FDA0" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" type="materials_examined"> <paragraph id="8BF39653D73C3818FFEA4B6EFB79FDA0" blockId="11.[151,1437,152,618]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12"> <emphasis id="B9384A41D73C3818FFEA4B6EFE7CFD8B" bold="true" box="[198,434,551,577]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">Material examined</emphasis> : Ten egg cases all deposited between <date id="FFF2B093D73C3818FC414B61FBA2FD88" box="[877,1132,552,578]" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" value="2005-07" valueMax="2005-08-31" valueMin="2005-07-00">July and August 2005</date> by <taxonomicName id="4C4CEDD0D73C3818FBBA4B61FAD5FD8B" box="[1174,1307,552,577]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="11" pageNumber="12" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="inornata"> <emphasis id="B9384A41D73C3818FBBA4B61FAD5FD8B" box="[1174,1307,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">R. inornata</emphasis> </taxonomicName> specimens held at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Two of these egg cases accessioned as <collectionCode id="ED5D0E96D73C3818FB3B4B19FB9EFDA0" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34700" box="[1047,1104,592,618]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15690" name="California Academy of Sciences" pageId="11" pageNumber="12">CAS</collectionCode> 224342. </paragraph> </subSubSection> </treatment> </document>