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Sympterygia bonapartii Müller & Henle, 1841

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Sympterygia bonapartii Müller & Henle, 1841
Name authority
Müller & Henle, 1841
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Elasmobranchii
Order
Rajiformes
Family
Arhynchobatidae
Genus
Sympterygia
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumChordata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. infraphylumGnathostomata
  6. parvphylumChondrichthyes
  7. classElasmobranchii
  8. subclassNeoselachii
  9. infraclassBatoidea
  10. orderRajiformes Berg, 1940
  11. familyArhynchobatidae Fowler, 1934
  12. genusSympterygia Müller & Henle, 1837
  13. speciesSympterygia bonapartii Müller & Henle, 1841

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Sympterygia. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Sympterygia acuta Garman, 1877ArhynchobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sympterygia brevicaudata (Cope, 1877)ArhynchobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied
Sympterygia lima (Poeppig, 1835)ArhynchobatidaeChordataAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 76 records assigned to Arhynchobatidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Raja microps Günther, 1880 Günther, 1880synonym
Psammobatis microps (Günther, 1880) (Günther, 1880)synonym
Raia marplatensis Marini, 1935 Marini, 1935synonym
Sympterygia bonapartei Müller & Henle, 1841 Müller & Henle, 1841synonym
Sympterygia microps (Günther, 1880) (Günther, 1880)synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Müller, J., & Henle, F. G. J. (1838). Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit Und Comp., Berlin, i–xxii + 1–200, 60 pls. [Pp. 1–28 published in 1838, reset pp. 27–28, 29–102 in 1839, i–xxii + 103–200 in 1841. Please note the different authors responsible for some species.]. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:53SCV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.