Antarctic starry skate
Amblyraja georgiana (Norman, 1938)
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.
Open encyclopedia reference
The Antarctic starry skate (Amblyraja georgiana) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. It lives near the seabed in depths ranging from 20 to 350 m in South Georgia.
It also occurs off South America and in the South Atlantic.
Its maximum length is 1.15 m. It produces oblong egg capsules that have four sharp thorns in each corner and measure 116.5 mm long and 80.0 mm wide.
Wikipedia contributors, Antarctic starry skate; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T10:10:20.282803+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Amblyraja georgiana (Norman, 1938)
- Name authority
- (Norman, 1938)
- Common name
- Antarctic starry skate
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Rajiformes
- Family
- Rajidae
- Genus
- Amblyraja
- 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.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumChondrichthyes
- classElasmobranchii
- subclassNeoselachii
- infraclassBatoidea
- orderRajiformes Berg, 1940
- familyRajidae de Blainville, 1816
- genusAmblyraja Malm, 1877
- speciesAmblyraja georgiana (Norman, 1938)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Amblyraja. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Jensen's skateAmblyraja jenseni (Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950) | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyraja reversa (Lloyd, 1906) | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| arctic skateAmblyraja hyperborea (Collett, 1879) | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| starry rayAmblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808) | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyraja doellojuradoi (Pozzi, 1935) | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| whiteleg skateAmblyraja taaf (Meisner, 1987) | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Amblyraja frerichsi (Krefft, 1968) | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Raja georgiana Norman, 1938 Norman, 1938 | 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.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234607 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:5TZNG. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.