starry ray
Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
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 thorny skate (Amblyraja radiata) is a species of fish in the family Rajidae. This bottom-living skate lives in the North and south-eastern Atlantic Ocean in depths ranging from 20 to 1,000 m (66–3,281 ft) and water temperatures from −1 to 14 °C (30–57 °F).
Wikipedia contributors, Thorny skate; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T02:53:49.826885+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Amblyraja radiata (Donovan, 1808)
- Name authority
- (Donovan, 1808)
- Common name
- starry ray
- 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 radiata (Donovan, 1808)
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 |
| Antarctic starry skateAmblyraja georgiana (Norman, 1938) | 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 radiata Donovan, 1808 Donovan, 1808 | synonym |
| Raia scabrata Garman, 1913 Garman, 1913 | synonym |
| Raia americana DeKay, 1842 DeKay, 1842 | 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=105865 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:65ZNH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.