Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Speckled Guitarfish, Splaty-spotted Guitarfish
Description
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -595 meters (0 to -1,952 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Class:
Bivalvia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Bivalves
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
()
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
()
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
()
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
()
- Family:
Spondylidae
()
- Gray, 1826
- Genus:
Spondylus
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
ocellatus
- Scientific name: - Spondylus ocellatus
- Specific name:
ocellatus
- Genus:
Spondylus
(
- Family:
Spondylidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pectinoidea
(
- Order:
Pteriomorpha
(
- Superorder:
Filibranchia
(
- Subclass:
Metabranchia
(
- Class:
Bivalvia
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Spondylus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 16 species and subspecies in this genus:
S. americanus americanus (Atlantic Thorny Oyster) · S. cumingi (Pipe Fish) · S. darwini (Smooth Angler) · S. deforgesi (Goosefish) · S. depressus (Spiny Batfish) · S. eastae (Polka-Dot Batfish) · S. erectospinus (African Skate) · S. heidkeae (Blackchin Guitarfish) · S. ictericus ictericus (Digitate Thorny Oyster) · S. igneus (Blond Ray) · S. mireilleae (Halavi's Guitarfish) · S. ocellatus (Speckled Guitarfish) · S. pickeringae (Fiddlefish) · S. proneri (Roker) · S. smytheae (Southern Fiddler Ray) · S. vexillum (Burmese Trout)
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Further Reading
- Catalogue of the Hadfield collection of shells from Lifu and Uvea, Loyalty Islands, ManchesterJ.E. Cornish1897 url p. 127.
- Journal of conchology. London: D. Bogue. url p. 127.
- Marine Lamellibranchiata. Kobenhavn, B. Lunos Bogtrykkeri, 1909. url p. 151.
- Memoirs: Australian Museum. Sydney: The Museum, 1851- url p. 493, p. 528.
- Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url p. 803.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 16, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 19, 2008:
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- UNIBIO, IBUNAM: CNPE/Coleccion Nacional de Peces
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5678520
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 17885274
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2532271
Footnotes
- Mean = -187.600 meters (-615.486 feet), Standard Deviation = 393.910 based on 5 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
