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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF173699F5FD83038AFDE4" box="[151,250,581,604]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Sinobatis</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="DD313FB3FFFF17369863FD8302FAFDE4" author="Hulley" box="[257,394,581,604]" pageId="2" pageNumber="58" refString="Hulley, P. A. (1973) Interrelationships within the Anacanthobatidae (Chondrichthyes, Rajoidea), with a description of the lectotype of Anacanthobatis marmoratus von Bonde &amp; Swart, 1923. Annals of the South African Museum, 62, 131 - 158." type="journal article" year="1973">Hulley 1973</bibRefCitation>
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. Fem.
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF1736989DFD830050FDE4" box="[511,800,581,604]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Anacanthobatis borneensis</emphasis>
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.
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by original designation.
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Claspers small to medium (postcloacal length about 1721% TL when mature); lacking spur, palp and pseudosiphon; rhipidion present; shield narrow laterally, with an expanded medial arm that wraps over ventral surface and fuses to axil cartilage; sentinel and spike simple with pungent, slightly flattened, recurved tips; sentinel capable of strong anteromedial rotation (almost forming 180° angle with spike when clasper everted); two dorsal terminal cartilages but dorsal terminal 1 absent; distal projection of dorsal terminal 3 not forming an obvious spur; axial tip simple, not spatulate or with a corrugated margin; accessory terminal 1 simple, apex weakly or strongly blade like, not spoon-shaped; accessory terminal 2 simple, slender, forming a spiral projection, attachment process poorly developed; monospondylous vertebrae mainly exceeding 25.
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is elevated to generic level on the basis of the conservative intragroup clasper morphology of its member species, and its strong differentiation from Hulleys (1973) other subgenera of
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369C5BFC330385FB8E" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Anacanthobatis</emphasis>
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. The adult claspers of two of the new species, for which adult males were available, conform very closely to Hulleys figures and definition of
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369BCAFB830065FBE6" box="[680,789,1093,1118]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Sinobatis</emphasis>
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based on
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369AF2FB83075EFBE6" box="[912,1070,1093,1118]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">S. borneensis</emphasis>
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(
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). These species form a natural group based on their clasper morphology. The clasper of the
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species of the genus
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,
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF173699F5FB530238FB16" box="[151,328,1173,1198]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">A. marmoratus</emphasis>
(Von
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)
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, differs markedly from these 3 species (
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, see also
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).
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has a palp (absent in
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), prominent shield with a well-developed eperon (poorly developed without an eperon), spatulate axial tip (simply pointed), 3 dorsal terminal cartilages (only 2 with dorsal terminal 1 absent), spur present (absent), and ventral terminal cartilage with serrated outer lateral margin and windowed inner lateral margin (no serrations and without fenestration).
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initially described and figured the accessory terminal 2 of
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as spoon-shaped distally but later relabelled this structure as the accessory terminal 1 (
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). In
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369A34FA4300B3FA26" box="[854,963,1413,1438]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Sinobatis</emphasis>
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, both of these cartilages are slender and pointed distally.
</paragraph>
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We recommend that Hulleys two other subgenera,
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369A7EFA1300E9FA56" box="[796,921,1493,1518]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Springeria</emphasis>
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and
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,
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be elevated to generic level as their clasper morphology also differs markedly from
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369A02FA3B0768F9AE" box="[864,1048,1533,1558]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Anacanthobatis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369D32FA3B07CDF9AE" box="[1104,1213,1533,1558]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Sinobatis</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369DA9FA3B0638F9AE" box="[1227,1352,1533,1558]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Springeria</emphasis>
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(based on
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) differs from
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369B61F9E30100F986" box="[515,624,1573,1598]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Sinobatis</emphasis>
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in possessing a spur and palp (otherwise absent), the shield is well developed (poorly developed in
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369B74F98B01F3F9DE" box="[534,643,1613,1638]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Sinobatis</emphasis>
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but lacking an eperon in both taxa), four dorsal terminal cartilages (rather than 2), ventral terminal cartilage with a small medial process (process greatly extended, wrapping around clasper), and the accessory terminal 2 with a much better developed attachment process.
<taxonomicName id="7EA039C1FFFF17369D9CF95B03B2F966" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Anacanthobatidae" genus="Schroederobatis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369D9CF95B03B2F966" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Schroederobatis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(based on
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) differs from
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369BEAF9030185F966" box="[648,757,1733,1758]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Sinobatis</emphasis>
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in having a pseudosiphon, but lacks a shield and ventral terminal cartilage. Also, the accessory terminal cartilages are reduced in length in
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369D17F92B0643F8BE" box="[1141,1331,1773,1798]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Schroederobatis</emphasis>
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, and the dorsal terminal 1 is well developed (rather than absent). For more details see
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.
</paragraph>
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Other taxonomic characters appear to be important for characterising these groups. For example,
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has shown that there are major differences in the chondrocranium between members of the subgroups. Similarly, species of
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF173698F0F84B028FF81E" box="[402,511,1933,1958]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Sinobatis</emphasis>
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have a relatively short and broad nasal curtain with rather small lateral lobes compared to the long, narrow, large-lobed curtain possessed by
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFF17369A1FF87307F9F876" box="[893,1161,1973,1998]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="35">Springeria longirostris</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. More work is required to provide comprehensive definitions of the genera and assign presently unresolved taxa such as
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379C66FF5E039DFF61" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">Anacanthobatis ori</emphasis>
(Wallace, 1967)
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which, based on its chondrocranium, is unlikely to be congeneric with
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379C61FF0603C9FEB9" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">A. marmoratus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379867FEAF0259F9C3" bold="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">A B Species.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379850F9A702EFF9C2" box="[306,415,1633,1658]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">Sinobatis</emphasis>
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includes
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379B71F9A701C1F9C2" box="[531,689,1633,1658]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">S. borneensis</emphasis>
(Chan)
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(South
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Sea and
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),
<taxonomicName id="7EA039C1FFFE17379DF3F9A70644F9C2" box="[1169,1332,1633,1658]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Anacanthobatidae" genus="Sinobatis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="36" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bulbicauda" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379DF3F9A70644F9C2" box="[1169,1332,1633,1658]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">S. bulbicauda</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379C5EF9A606ECF9C2" bold="true" box="[1340,1436,1632,1658]" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="90E7232BFFFE17379C5EF9A606ECF9C2" box="[1340,1436,1632,1658]" pageId="3" pageNumber="36" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(eastern
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and northwestern
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, SE Indian Ocean), and
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379AB2F94F0725F91A" box="[976,1109,1673,1698]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">S. filicauda</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379D3EF94E07C9F91A" bold="true" box="[1116,1209,1672,1698]" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="90E7232BFFFE17379D3EF94E07C9F91A" box="[1116,1209,1672,1698]" pageId="3" pageNumber="36" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(northeastern
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, SE Pacific Ocean) based on observed adult clasper morphology, and provisionally includes
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379C7CF97703A5F94A" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">S. melanosoma</emphasis>
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(East and South
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Seas and
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) and
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379A66F91F00FBF94A" box="[772,907,1753,1778]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">S. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379AF6F91E0083F94A" bold="true" box="[916,1011,1752,1778]" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="90E7232BFFFE17379AF6F91E0083F94A" box="[916,1011,1752,1778]" pageId="3" pageNumber="36" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(northwestern
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, SE Indian Ocean). The
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TL, mature male
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of
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(BMNH 1965.1.29.1) was collected in the South
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Sea, north of Kuching, Borneo. Compared to other members of the genus,
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379D9CF8EF06EBF8FA" box="[1278,1435,1833,1858]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">S. borneensis</emphasis>
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appears to be relatively small. An adolescent male examined from the nearby
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(MNHN 1997 3321) had well-developed claspers and developing alar thorns at
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TL.
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figure of the late adolescent male
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of
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFFE17379B43F8670054F802" box="[545,804,1953,1978]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="36">Springeria nahaiensis</emphasis>
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, also from the South
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Sea, displays developing claspers and alar thorns at
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TL, and is probably a juvenile of
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.
</emphasis>
Another larger male
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anacanthobatid (CSIRO H 412501) had undeveloped claspers at
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TL. It is referable to
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFF917309C31FF5E0201FF61" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="37">Springeria melanosoma</emphasis>
Chan
</taxonomicName>
from the South
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Sea based on its dark dorsal and ventral coloration and black areas around the spiracles and orbits, body shape, and relatively well-developed caudal fin. Four large
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFF917309C2DFF2E03B2FE91" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="37">Sinobatis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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TL, males still immature at
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TL) collected from the Okinawa Trough and identified by
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as
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFF9173098F4FEFE0143FEE9" box="[406,563,312,337]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="37">S. borneensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are clearly too large for that species. Figures of a large adult male (MTUF
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TL), and a larger female (MTUF
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TL), are closer to
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFF917309D09FEA6066CFEC1" box="[1131,1308,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="37">S. melanosoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Ishiharas paper does not provide an expanded image of the adult claspers but these appear to be of the
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<emphasis id="8BD49E50FFF917309D96FE4E0611FE19" box="[1268,1377,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="37">Sinobatis</emphasis>
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with the spike and sentinel forming an angle of about 180° to each other when the clasper glans is everted. Further work is needed to resolve the alpha taxonomy of western North Pacific anacanthobatids.
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