Elasmobranchii {class}  - Chordata;

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Taxon Description (Wikipedia)

Elasmobranchii is a subclass of Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fish, that includes the sharks (Selachimorpha) and the rays and skates (Batoidea). full article at Wikipedia

BOLD Stats

Specimen Records: 17,244
Specimens with Sequences : 12,184
Specimens with Barcodes : 8,065
Public Records : 2,468
Species : 1,017
Species With Barcodes : 921
   
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Bathyraja parmifera (Rajiformes)
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Collection Sites
Collected from 99 countries. Top 20 : Expand Expand List
  • unspecified [7375]
  • Australia [2096]
  • United States [969]
  • Indonesia [864]
  • Malaysia [776]
  • Antarctica [597]
  • South Africa [478]
  • Canada [465]
  • New Zealand [413]
  • Taiwan [307]
  • Madagascar [263]
  • Italy [252]
  • Mexico [233]
  • Philippines [205]
  • Brazil [203]
  • Argentina [156]
  • United Kingdom [111]
  • Portugal [108]
  • India [107]
  • Norway [69]

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