spinose skate
Breviraja spinosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950
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
- Breviraja spinosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950
- Name authority
- Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950
- Common name
- spinose skate
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Elasmobranchii
- Order
- Rajiformes
- Family
- Rajidae
- Genus
- Breviraja
- 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
- genusBreviraja Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948
- speciesBreviraja spinosa Bigelow & Schroeder, 1950
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Breviraja. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Breviraja mouldi McEachran & Matheson, 1995 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Breviraja claramaculata McEachran & Matheson, 1985 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Breviraja colesi Bigelow & Schroeder, 1948 | RajidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
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.
- Bigelow, H. B., & Schroeder, W. C. (1950). New and little known cartilaginous fishes from the Atlantic. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, v. 103 (no. 7): 385–408, Pls. 1–7. 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:68QZH. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.