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Bathyraja richardsoni (deepwater skate; Richardson's skate; Richardson's ray; Deepsea skate)

Synonyms: Raja richardsoni
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Wikipedia Abstract

Richardson's ray (Bathyraja richardsoni) is a skate of the family Rajidae, found in the Atlantic and around Cook Strait in New Zealand, at depths of from 1,300 to 2,500 m. Their length can reach 1.75 m. Dorsal and ventral surfaces of the disc are uniformly covered with dermal denticles, but lack thorns on the disc. The tail has 18 moderately sized thorns.
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Consumers

Parasitized by 
Bathygrillotia rowei[1]
Echeneibothrium pollonae[2]
Onchobothrium magnum[2]
Otodistomum cestoides[2]

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♦ 1Pollerspöck, J. & Straube, N. (2015), Bibliography database of living/fossil sharks, rays and chimaeras (Chondrichthyes: Elasmobranchii, Holocephali) -Host-Parasites List/Parasite-Hosts List-, World Wide Web electronic publication, Version 04/2015;
♦ 2Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0